Impact of Signal Strength on Quantitative Retinal and Choriocapillaris Flow Measurement from Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography

Overview

Journal Sci Rep

Specialty Science

Date 2022 Mar 19

PMID 35304582

Authors

Jae Jung Lee

Ji Eun Lee

Srinivas R Sadda

Sung Who Park

Iksoo Byon

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Abstract

We evaluated the impact of signal strength (SS) on quantitative measurements from optical coherence tomography (OCTA). Twenty healthy-volunteers were included. A neutral density filter (NDF) was attached to spectral-domain OCTA (SD-OCTA) and swept-source OCTA (SS-OCTA). All subjects were imaged with both devices three times using three different conditions: no filter, NDF0.3, and NDF0.6. For SD-OCTA, SS decreased from 10.0 to 8.2 and 4.0 with the NDF0.3 and 0.6, respectively. The vessel density (VD) and vessel length density (VLD) of the superficial capillary plexus (SCP) decreased when SS decreased from 10 to 8.2, but no further decrease when SS changed from 8.2 to 4.0. The flow metrics of the deep capillary plexus (DCP) did not change. For SS-OCTA, SS decreased from 10 to 9.5 and 7.2. The VD and VLD of the SCP and DCP decreased when SS decreased, except for the VD of the DCP when SS changed from 10 to 9.5. The choriocapillaris flow deficits significantly increased along with the decrease in SS. Quantitative flow parameters were significantly affected by a small change in SS and were most conspicuous in the SCP and choriocapillaris. These finding highlight the importance of high and consistent SS in quantitative OCTA studies.

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