Relationships Between Retinal Vascular Characteristics and Renal Function in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Purpose: To develop a deep learning-based method to achieve vessel segmentation and measurement on fundus images, and explore the quantitative relationships between retinal vascular characteristics and the clinical indicators of renal function. Methods: We recruited patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus with different stages of diabetic retinopathy (DR), collecting their fundus photographs and results of renal function tests. A deep learning...