The Discriminative Efficacy of Retinal Characteristics on Two Traditional Chinese Syndromes in Association with Ischemic Stroke.

ABSTRACT: We aimed to investigate the efficacy of an objective method using AI-based retinal characteristic analysis to automatically differentiate between two traditional Chinese syndromes that are associated with ischemic stroke. Inpatient clinical and retinal data were retrospectively retrieved from the archive of our hospital. Patients diagnosed with cerebral infarction in the department of acupuncture and moxibustion between 2014 and 2018 were examined. Of these, the patients with Qi deficiency blood stasis syndrome (QDBS) and phlegm stasis in channels (PSIC) syndrome were selected. Those without retinal photos were excluded. To measure and analyze the patients' retinal vessel characteristics, we applied a patented AI-assisted automated retinal image analysis system developed by the Chinese Uni

SUBMITTER: Zhuo YY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7136789 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature