Maximum Value Projection Produces Better OCT Angiograms Than Mean Value Projection

Overview

Journal Biomed Opt Express

Specialty Radiology

Date 2019 May 9

PMID 31065439

Citations 26

Authors

Tristan T Hormel

Jie Wang

Steven T Bailey

Thomas S Hwang

David Huang

Yali Jia

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Abstract

Optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) images rely on data projections for both qualitative and quantitative interpretation. Both maximum value and mean value projections are commonly used, and many researchers consider them essentially interchangeable approaches. On the contrary, we find that maximum value projection achieves a consistently higher signal-to-noise ratio and higher image contrast across multiple vascular layers, in both healthy eyes and for each disease examined.

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