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2017 ; 135
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): 370-376
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Quantification of Retinal Microvascular Density in Optical Coherence Tomographic
Angiography Images in Diabetic Retinopathy
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Durbin MK
; An L
; Shemonski ND
; Soares M
; Santos T
; Lopes M
; Neves C
; Cunha-Vaz J
JAMA Ophthalmol
2017[Apr]; 135
(4
): 370-376
PMID28301651
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IMPORTANCE: Quantitative measurements based on optical coherence tomographic
angiography (OCTA) may have value in managing diabetic retinopathy (DR), but
there is limited information on the ability of OCTA to distinguish eyes with DR.
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the ability of measurements of retinal microvasculature
using OCTA to distinguish healthy eyes from eyes with DR. DESIGN, SETTING, AND
PARTICIPANTS: In this prospective cross-sectional study, OCTA was used to examine
the eyes of participants with type 2 diabetes with or without DR and the eyes of
participants without diabetes from September 17, 2015, to April 6, 2016. Density
maps based on superficial retinal layer (SRL) and deeper retinal layer (DRL)
images were generated after a method to remove decorrelation tails was applied to
the DRL images. EXPOSURES: Both eyes of each participant were examined by means
of a 3-mm OCTA scan and 7-field fundus photography using the Diabetic Retinopathy
Severity Scale. MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES: Two measures were examined: perfusion
density, based on the area of vessels, and vessel density, based on a map with
vessels of 1-pixel width. The size of the foveal avascular zone was also
calculated automatically, and so was the area under the receiver operating
characteristic curve. RESULTS: A total of 50 eyes from 26 participants with
diabetes (10 women and 16 men; mean [SD] age, 64.9 [7.5] years) and 50 healthy
eyes from 25 participants without diabetes (14 women and 11 men; mean [SD] age,
64.0 [7.1] years) were imaged. All participants were white. Vessel density
measured in the SRL had the highest area under the receiver operating
characteristic curve (0.893 [95% CI, 0.827-0.959]), compared with perfusion
density in the SRL (0.794 [95% CI, 0.707-0.881]), foveal avascular zone area
(0.472 [95% CI, 0.356-0.588]), and vessel density in the DRL (0.703 [95% CI,
0.601-0.805]). Vessel density in the SRL negatively correlated with
best-corrected visual acuity (r?=?-0.28; P?=?.05) and severity of DR (r?=?-0.46;
P?=?.001). Density metrics correlated with age. No correlation was detected
between vascular density or foveal avascular zone metrics and hemoglobin A1C or
duration of diabetes. CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE: Vessel density measured by OCTA
provides a quantitative metric of capillary closure that correlates with severity
of DR and may allow staging, diagnosis, and monitoring that do not require
subjective evaluation of fundus images.