June 2017
Volume 58, Issue 8
Open Access
ARVO Annual Meeting Abstract  |   June 2017
Quantitative Assessment and Comparison Of Choroidal Neovascular Membranes Of Different Etiologies Using Two Different Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography Devices
Author Affiliations & Notes
  • Bish Pal
    Medical Retina, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, United Kingdom
  • Anastasia Tasiopoulou
    Medical Retina, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, United Kingdom
  • Dilraj Singh Grewal
    Medical Retina, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, United Kingdom
  • Footnotes
    Commercial Relationships   Bish Pal, Novartis (R); Anastasia Tasiopoulou, None; Dilraj Grewal, None
  • Footnotes
    Support  National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Biomedical Research Centre based at Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and UCL
Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science June 2017, Vol.58, 384. doi:
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      Bish Pal, Anastasia Tasiopoulou, Dilraj Singh Grewal; Quantitative Assessment and Comparison Of Choroidal Neovascular Membranes Of Different Etiologies Using Two Different Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography Devices. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2017;58(8):384.

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Abstract

Purpose : To compare the quantitative differences in assessment of the choroidal neovascular membranes (CNV) of various etiologies using two Spectral Domain Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography (OCTA) Platforms.

Methods : 15 eyes of 15 eyes with CNV (Age related macular denegeration, n=7; Myopic CNV, n=2; Macular Telangectasia, n=2; Punctate Inner Choroidopathy, n=3; and Polypoidal Choroidal Vasculopathy, n=1) were scanned simultaneously using Angiovue (Optovue RTVue XR 100 Avanti (Optovue Inc., Fremont, CA, USA)) and Zeiss AngioPlex Ciruss 5000 HD-OCT (AngioPlex, CIRRUS HD-OCT 5000; Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc, Dublin, CA). 3mm x 3mm slabs at the level of the choriocapillaris were generated using the device-software of both devices. Manual segmentation was used to confirm the anatomical boundaries. Only images free of segmentation errors and anatomical artifacts were included. Images were then exported to ImageJ (NIH, Bethesda, MD). After setting the appropriate scale, the area (mm2) and the greatest linear diameter (GLD, mm) of the CNV were measured on both platforms. Two independent retinal experts graded all images. Intergrading reliability was evaluated.

Results : Mean age was 60 ± 18 years, and there were 10 females and 5 males. Intergrader agreement between the two observers was good for assessment of CNV area (kappa =0.74) and GLD (kappa =0.76). Mean CNV area was 1.326 ± 0.50 (range 0.59-1.81) mm2 using the Zeiss Angioplex and 1.547 ± 0.087 (range 0.63 to 1.608) mm2 using the Optovue (p=0.77). Mean GLD of the CNV complex was 0.017 ± 0.010 (range 0.005-0.033) mm using the Zeiss Angioplex and 0.015 ± 0.009 (range 0.002-0.032) mm using the Optovue (p=0.98). Inter-device intraclass correlation coefficients were 0.90 (95% confidence interval; 0.4 to 0.98) for CNV area 0.76 (95% Confidence Interval; 0.170 to 0.931) for CNV GLD. There was a significant correlation between measurements of CNV area using the two platforms (r=0.70, p=0.05) as well as CNV GLD (r=0.62, p=0.03).

Conclusions : There are minor differences in area and GLD of CNV of different etiologies using the two different OCT angiography platforms. While these differences were not statistically significant in this limited series, care should be taken when assessing patients using different platforms as the CNV measurements may not be interchangeable.

This is an abstract that was submitted for the 2017 ARVO Annual Meeting, held in Baltimore, MD, May 7-11, 2017.

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