Purpose: To investigate the relationship between drusen area measurements from color fundus images (CFIs) and spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SDOCT) datasets. Methods: Forty-two eyes from thirty Patients with drusen in the absence of geographic atrophy were recruited into a prospective study. Digital color fundus images and SDOCT images (CirrusTM HD-OCT) were obtained at baseline and at follow-up visits at 3 and 6 months. Registered, matched circles centered on the fovea with diameters of 3 mm and 5 mm were identified on both the CFIs and the SDOCT images. SDOCT drusen measurements were obtained using a commercially available proprietary algorithm ...

Purpose: To evaluate the local variability of anterior chamber angle (ACA) metrics obtained by time domain (TD) and spectral domain (SD) optical coherence tomography (OCT). Materials and Methods: Anterior-segment OCT imaging was performed on 30 normal eyes using Visante TD-OCT and 40 normal eyes using Cirrus SD-OCT. For Visante OCT, a single 16-mm line scan of the inferior angle with 3 slightly different rotations of 265, 270, and 275 degrees was performed. For Cirrus OCT, a 5-line raster of the inferior angle was performed, centering the third scan line at the 6 o'clock position, with 0.25 mm between ...

Purpose: To investigate the reproducibility of anterior segment angle (ACA) metrics measurements in normal subjects on Cirrus spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT). Methods: 40 eyes from 20 healthy, normal subjects underwent anterior segment imaging using a Cirrus SD-OCT. For each eye, 2 acquisitions of 5-line raster scans were performed perpendicularly on the inferior (270 degrees) angle. The Schwalbe's line-angle opening distance (SL-AOD) and Schwalbe's line-trabecular-iris space area (SL-TISA) measurements were performed by masked certified reading center graders using customized grading software. Intra-acquisition, intergrader, and intragrader reproducibility of SL-AOD and SL-TISA measurements were evaluated by intraclass correlation coefficients ...

Purpose: To compare the performance of two different multiple-scan protocols for total retinal blood flow (TRBF) measurement using Doppler optical coherence tomography (OCT). Methods: In the “single-angle” protocol, five Doppler scans were acquired at a single beam angle. In the “dual-angle” protocol, three scans were obtained with the OCT beam passing through the supranasal portion of the pupil and three through the infranasal portion. The data were analyzed using a custom software termed “Doppler OCT of Retinal Circulation” (DOCTORC) to generate TRBF measurements. In DOCTORC, the measurement of a vein was considered unreliable if the Doppler angle was less than ...

Purpose : To evaluate the reproducibility of anterior chamber angle measurements obtained by the Zeiss Visante anterior segment optical coherence tomography (AS-OCT). Methods : Twenty eyes from 20 normal subjects with open anterior chamber angles were studied. The anterior chamber angle was imaged using the Visante AS-OCT. The angle-opening distance (AOD 500, AOD 750), trabercular iris space area (TISA 500, TISA 750) and scleral spur angle (SS angle) at the inferior angle location were measured. All the subjects underwent imaging in a darkened room (1 foot candles measured at the eye). Images were graded in a masked fashion by certified Doheny Image ...

Purpose To develop a consensus nomenclature for the classification of retinal and choroidal layers and bands visible on spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) images of a normal eye. Design An international panel with expertise in retinal imaging (International Nomenclature for Optical Coherence Tomography [IN•OCT] Panel) was assembled to define a consensus for OCT imaging terminology. Participants A panel of retina specialists. Methods A set of 3 B-scan images from a normal eye was circulated to the panel before the meeting for independent assignment of nomenclature to anatomic landmarks in the vitreous, retina, and choroid. The outputs were scrutinized, tabulated ...

Purpose: To describe the optical coherence tomography (OCT) features of diabetic macular ischemia (DMI), and correlate these findings with visual acuity (VA). Methods: Clinical and imaging data were collected from 100 patients with type 2 diabetes. Qualitative grading of DMI severity was determined according to criteria defined by the Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study. Quantitative analysis of foveal avascular zone (FAZ), and OCT images were performed using custom software. Results: In all eyes, the outer retina was thicker in eyes with DMI, (167.4 ± 18.5 µm) versus (150.4 ± 31.4 µm) (p=0.04). However, sub analysis of ...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: To report a novel optical coherence tomography (OCT) finding in choroidal neovascularization (CNV). PATIENTS AND METHODS: The authors identified seven eyes with CNV demonstrating the atypical pattern of fluid accumulation within the outer retina on OCT. Patient demographics, best corrected visual acuity and spectral-domain OCT (SD-OCT) images were collected for all available follow-up visits. Volume and area of the fluid were measured on SD-OCT. Microperimetry was performed in one case. RESULTS: The outer retinal fluid was located between the external limiting membrane (ELM) and the outer photoreceptor band on SD-OCT. Within this area, the outer segments of ...

Purpose: The purpose is to develop a geographic atrophy segmentation approach in both spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) and fundus autofluorescence (FAF) images and compare the segmentation performance. Methods: To identify GA in SD-OCT images, three surfaces were first segmented using graph search. A 2-D partial OCT projection image was created from the segmented choroid layer. A level-set approach was applied to segment GA in the partial OCT projection image. The algorithm was also applied to FAF images. Twenty randomly chosen macular SD-OCT (Zeiss Cirrus) volumes and twenty corresponding FAF (Heidelberg Spectralis) images were obtained from twenty subjects with GA ...