Title: Staging of diabetic retinopathy using TVEP phase spectral periodicity analysis

Authors: R. Sivakumar

Addresses: Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, R.M.K Engineering College, Kavaraipettai, Tamilnadu, 601 206, India

Abstract: Diabetic retinopathy is one of the common complications of diabetes. Unfortunately, in many cases the patient is not aware of any symptoms until it is too late for effective treatment. Analysis of the evoked potential response of the retina, optical nerve and optical brain centre will pave a way for the early diagnosis of diabetic retinopathy and prognosis during the treatment process. In this paper, diabetic retinopathy classification using transient visual evoked potential phase spectral periodicity is presented. The phase spectral periodicity of the different diabetic retinopathy patients and the corresponding latency values are computed. The results are statistically analysed and presented.

Keywords: diabetic retinopathy; evoked potential; TVEP phase spectral periodicity; transient visual evoked potential; phase spectral components; diabetes; early diagnosis; classification; latency values.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMEI.2008.020748

International Journal of Medical Engineering and Informatics, 2008 Vol.1 No.2, pp.174 - 186

Published online: 13 Oct 2008 *

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