Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography

Overview

Journal Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci

Specialty Ophthalmology

Date 2016 Jul 14

PMID 27409483

Citations 170

Authors

Simon S Gao

Yali Jia

Miao Zhang

Johnny P Su

Gangjun Liu

Thomas S Hwang

Steven T Bailey

David Huang

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Abstract

Optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) is a noninvasive approach that can visualize blood vessels down to the capillary level. With the advent of high-speed OCT and efficient algorithms, practical OCTA of ocular circulation is now available to ophthalmologists. Clinical investigations that used OCTA have increased exponentially in the past few years. This review will cover the history of OCTA and survey its most important clinical applications. The salient problems in the interpretation and analysis of OCTA are described, and recent advances are highlighted.

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