The role of optical coherence tomography angiography in fundus vascular abnormalities
Shanshan Yu, Jing Lu, Di Cao, Ruyuan Liu, Bingqian Liu, Tao Li, Yan Luo, Lin Lu, Shanshan Yu, Jing Lu, Di Cao, Ruyuan Liu, Bingqian Liu, Tao Li, Yan Luo, Lin Lu
Abstract
Background: To evaluate the role of optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) in observation of fundus vascular abnormalities.
Methods: Patients (n = 50, 10 in each group) with fundus disorders including branch retinal vein occlusion (BRVO), non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy (NPDR), proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR), exudative age-related macular degeneration (AMD), and polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV) were examined. They underwent imaging of OCTA and fluorescein angiography/indocyanine green angiography. The split-spectrum amplitude-decorrelation angiography algorithm was employed to obtain angiography within a 6 × 6 mm scanning area at the posterior retina. Segmentation algorithm was used to obtain 2-dimensional images from arbitrary layers. The OCTA features were analyzed and compared with the findings of conventional angiography. The contralateral eyes of the patients with BRVO and the eyes of 20 healthy volunteers served as controls.
Results: OCTA showed precise images of normal and abnormal vasculature in the posterior retina and choroid by the given layers. Vascular abnormalities such as enlarged foveal avascular zone (FAZ), non-perfusion area of retina, microaneurysm, retinal neovascularization, choroidal neovascularization (CNV), branching vascular network and polypoidal lesions in choroid were clearly displayed by OCTA.
Conclusions: OCTA provided a better projection of vascular pathologies of the posterior retina and choroid and could determine the precise location of the vascular lesion. The noninvasive OCTA can benefit the diagnosis of vascular abnormalities in the posterior retina and choroid.
Keywords: BRVO; CNV; DR; Fundus vascular abnormalities; Optical coherence tomography angiography; PCV.
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