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OCT-angiography: A qualitative and quantitative comparison of 4 OCT-A devices.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To compare the quality of four OCT-angiography(OCT-A) modules.

Method

The retina of nineteen healthy volunteers were scanned with four OCT-devices (Topcon DRI-OCT Triton Swept-source OCT, Optovue RTVue-XR, a prototype Spectralis OCT2, Heidelberg-Engineering and Zeiss Cirrus 5000-HD-OCT). The device-software generated en-face OCT-A images of the superficial (SCP) and deep capillary plexuses (DCP) were evaluated and scored by 3 independent retinal imaging experts. The SCP vessel density was assessed using Angiotool-software. After the inter-grader reliability assessment, a consensus grading was performed and the modules were ranked based on their scoring.

Results

There was no significant difference in the vessel density among the modules (Zeiss 48.7±4%, Optovue 47.9±3%, Topcon 48.3±2%, Heidelberg 46.5±4%, p = 0.2). The numbers of discernible vessel-bifurcations differed significantly on each module (Zeiss 2±0.9 bifurcations, Optovue 2.5±1.2, Topcon 1.3±0.7 and Heidelberg 0.5±0.6, p?0.001). The ranking of each module differed depending on the evaluated parameter. In the overall ranking, the Zeiss module was superior and in 90% better than the median (Bonferroni corrected p-value = 0.04). Optovue was better than the median in 60%, Topcon in 40% and Heidelberg module in 10%, however these differences were not statistically significant.

Conclusion

Each of the four evaluated OCT-A modules had particular strengths, which differentiated it from their competitors.

SUBMITTER: Munk MR

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5425250 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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OCT-angiography: A qualitative and quantitative comparison of 4 OCT-A devices.

Munk Marion R MR Giannakaki-Zimmermann Helena H Berger Lieselotte L Huf Wolfgang W Ebneter Andreas A Wolf Sebastian S Zinkernagel Martin S MS

PloS one 20170510 5

<h4>Purpose</h4>To compare the quality of four OCT-angiography(OCT-A) modules.<h4>Method</h4>The retina of nineteen healthy volunteers were scanned with four OCT-devices (Topcon DRI-OCT Triton Swept-source OCT, Optovue RTVue-XR, a prototype Spectralis OCT2, Heidelberg-Engineering and Zeiss Cirrus 5000-HD-OCT). The device-software generated en-face OCT-A images of the superficial (SCP) and deep capillary plexuses (DCP) were evaluated and scored by 3 independent retinal imaging experts. The SCP ve ...[more]

PMID: 28489918

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