ABSTRACT
This chapter will introduce the reader to the application of fractal dimension (FD) of retinal images in analysis of retinal vasculature pattern, retinopathies and disease risk assessment. Advantages of using FD are that it summarizes the information into a single value which is very convenient in terms of feature reduction and for statistical analysis. It is also suitable for automatic assessments without requiring extensive user intervention.
This chapter covers a brief description of human eye anatomy with emphasis on the retina structure and abnormalities due to systemic diseases which manifest themselves in retina. The link between such abnormalities, change in retinal vessel morphology and the FD are then introduced and discussed.
