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Recently, fundus imaging with the non-mydriatic scanning laser ophthalmoscope (SLO) has been widely used in ophthalmological clinics since it has multimodal functions for optical coherence tomography or angiography with contrast agent dye. The purpose of this study was to examine the utility in detecting arteriosclerosis of retinal vessels in SLO images; (2) Methods: Both color and blue standard field SLO images of eyes with diabetic retinopathy (DR) were examined retrospectively. Retinal arteriosclerosis in color SLO images was graded according to the Scheie classification. Additionally, characteristics of retinal arterioles in blue SLO images were identified and examined for their relevance to arteriosclerosis grades, stages of DR or general complications; (3) Results: Relative to color fundus images, blue SLO images showed distinct hyper-reflective retinal arterioles against a monotone background. Irregularities of retinal arterioles identified in blue SLO images were frequently observed in the eyes of patients with severe arteriosclerosis (Grade 3: 79.0% and Grade 4: 81.8%). Furthermore, the findings on arterioles were more frequently associated with the eyes of DR patients with renal dysfunction (p &lt; 0.05); (4) Conclusions: While color SLO images are equally as useful in assessing retinal arteriosclerosis as photography or ophthalmoscopy, the corresponding blue SLO images show arteriosclerotic lesions with high contrast in a monotone background. Retinal arteriosclerosis in eyes of advanced grades or advanced DR frequently show irregularities of retinal arterioles in the blue images. The findings of low, uneven, or discontinuous attenuation were easier to find in blue than in color SLO images. Consequently, blue SLO images can show pathological micro-sclerosis in retinal arterioles and are potentially one of the safe and practical methods for the vascular assessment of diabetic patients.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/diagnostics14131411","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,7,2]],"date-time":"2024-07-02T09:01:39Z","timestamp":1719910899000},"page":"1411","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Blue Wavelength of Scanning Laser Ophthalmoscope Potentially Detects Arteriosclerotic Lesions in Diabetic Retinopathy"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"14","author":[{"given":"Shintaro","family":"Horie","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo 113-8510, Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Yudai","family":"Suzuki","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo 113-8510, Japan"},{"name":"Department of Ophthalmology, Tokyo Metropolitan Tama Medical Center, Tokyo 113-8510, Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Takeshi","family":"Yoshida","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo 113-8510, Japan"},{"name":"Department of Advanced Ophthalmic Imaging, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo 113-8519, Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Kyoko","family":"Ohno-Matsui","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo 113-8510, Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,7,2]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"59","DOI":"10.1016\/S0039-6257(01)00234-X","article-title":"Retinal microvascular abnormalities and their relationship with hypertension, cardiovascular disease, and mortality","volume":"46","author":"Wong","year":"2001","journal-title":"Surv. 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