Table 2 Parameters of vascular network morphology of the whole retina in pathological states.

From: Regional Patterns in Retinal Microvascular Network Geometry in Health and Disease

Diagnosis

DR

G

H

p-value

Box counting dimension (Db)

mean ± SD

1.57 ± 0.03

1.58 ± 0.02

1.57 ± 0.02

0.23

Lacunarity (Λ)

mean ± SD

0.37 ± 0.06a

0.34 ± 0.03ab

0.33 ± 0.02b

0.03*

Skeletonized vessel density

mean[%] ± SD

26.11 ± 2.90

27.39 ± 2.26

26.9 ± 2.06

0.359

  1. All analyses were performed on skeletonized images. *P- values < 0.05 are considered significant. Groups labelled with different letters are statistically different.
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