Multi-Level Feature Fusion Attention Generative Adversarial Network for Retinal Optical Coherence Tomography Image Denoising by Yiming Qian, Yichao Meng

“…Its hybrid attention mechanism enhances clinical image quality, aiding retinal analysis and diagnosis.…”
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A fast and fully automated system for segmenting retinal blood vessels in fundus images by Alqassab Ans Ibrahim Mahameed, Luque-Nieto Miguel-Ángel

“…Macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy are major causes of vision impairment, making accurate retinal analysis crucial. The proposed model enhances image quality through a novel pre-processing pipeline that includes logarithmic contrast enhancement, noise reduction using an improved complex wavelet transform with shrinkage, and anisotropic diffusion filtering for edge enhancement. …”
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The MiBlend Randomized Trial: Investigating Genetic Polymorphisms in Personalized Responses to Fruit and Vegetable Interventions for Chronic Disease Prevention by Julia N. DeBenedictis, Na Xu, Theo M. de Kok, Simone G. van Breda

“…Overall, the increase in F&Vs led to reduced susceptibility to the induction of DNA damage ex vivo, higher antioxidant capacity of plasma, and improved microvasculature as reflected by retinal analysis. As with most dietary intervention studies, inter-individual variability was observed in the responses, which might be the consequence of genetic differences. …”
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Optical coherence tomography in patients with major depressive disorder by Evelyn B.N. Friedel, Malina Beringer, Dominique Endres, Kimon Runge, Simon Maier, Sebastian Küchlin, Jürgen Kornmeier, Katharina Domschke, Sven P. Heinrich, Ludger Tebartz van Elst, Kathrin Nickel

“…Further research is essential to determine the reversibility of these structural changes following remission. Structural retinal analysis with OCT offers the potential to complement functional ERG examinations and represents a promising approach for developing diagnostic and therapeutic monitoring tools for MDD.…”
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Combined dietary omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids protect against hyperglycemia-associated retinopathy in neonatal mice by Myriam Boeck, Hitomi Yagi, Pia Lundgren, Aldina Pivodic, Anders K. Nilsson, Yan Zeng, Chuck T. Chen, Taku Kasai, Deokho Lee, Shen Nian, Victoria Hirst, Katherine Neilsen, Chaomei Wang, Jeff Lee, Mathew Yu, Andrew McCutcheon, Sasha A. Singh, Masanori Aikawa, Richard P. Bazinet, Zhongjie Fu, Ann Hellström, Lois EH Smith

“…Lipid changes in pup plasma and RPE complex (retinal pigment epithelium with choroid and sclera) were in accordance with maternal diets' DHA and ARA levels, indicating that milk lipids reflected maternal diets. Proteomic retinal analysis revealed increased abundances of proteins related to mitochondrial respiration and glucose metabolism with the combined diet. …”
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