Computer assisted evaluation of retinal vessels tortuosity in Fabry disease.

2012

. Purpose:  Fabry Disease (FD) is a rare X-linked metabolic disorder characterized by diffuse deposition of sphingolipids in many tissues. Retinal vessel tortuosity is a common ocular manifestation in FD and may represent a useful marker for the disease. Unfortunately its clinical evaluation is poorly reproducibile and alternative means of evaluation may be of interest. We tested a new semi-automatic software measuring retinal vessel tortuosity from eye fundus digital images in a group of FD patients. Methods:  Observational case-control study evaluating four mathematical parameters describing tortuosity (relative length, sum of angle metric [SOAM], product of angle distance [PAD], triangul…