ArticleJapanese journal of ophthalmology2021
A comparative study on the choroidal vascularity index and the determination of cut-off values in the pachychoroid spectrum diseases.
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- Patterns of Choroidal Configuration in Pachychoroid Spectrum Disease.Ophthalmology science · 2026Article
- Multimodal structure-function mapping of retinal sensitivity loss in pachychoroid spectrum diseases.BMC ophthalmology · 2026Article
- Pachychoroid diseases of the macula: an update.Medical hypothesis, discovery & innovation ophthalmology journal · 2026Review
- REGIONAL VARIABILITY IN CHOROIDAL VASCULARITY INDEX AND ASSOCIATION WITH INTERVORTEX ANASTOMOSES IN POLYPOIDAL CHOROIDAL VASCULOPATHY.Retina (Philadelphia, Pa.) · 2025Article
- Imaging in Pachychoroid DiseaseTurkish journal of ophthalmology · 2025Review
- Predictive factors for outcomes of half-dose photodynamic therapy combined with aflibercept for pachychoroid neovasculopathy.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2023Article
- Quantitative Assessment of Choroidal Thickness and Choroidal Vascular Features in Healthy Eyes Based on Image Binarization of EDI-OCT: A Single-Center Cross-Sectional Analysis in Chinese Population.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- A Comparative Study of Short-Term Vascular and Stromal Alterations of the Choroid Following Half-Fluence Photodynamic Therapy in Pachychoroid Neovasculopathy and Chronic Central Serous Chorioretinopathy.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Relationship between Pachychoroid and Polypoidal Choroidal Vasculopathy.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Review
- Imaging Characteristics of Neovascular and Atrophic Pachychoroidal Spectrum Diseases.Frontiers in medicine · 2022Article
- Comparison of Choroidal Vascular Index Measurements in Pachychoroid Pigment Epitheliopathy using Manual ImageJ-Based Niblack and Protocol-Standardized Otsu Thresholding.Journal of current ophthalmologyArticle
- Pachychoroid Spectrum Disorders: An Updated Review.Journal of ophthalmic & vision researchReview
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Abstract
purposeTo determine the cut-off levels for choroidal thickness and choroidal vascularity index (CVI) to differentiate among pachychoroid spectrum diseases. STUDY
designA retrospective comparative study
methodsA total of 143 eyes were included. Of these 29 had uncomplicated pachychoroid (UCP), 29 had pachychoroid pigment epitheliopathy (PPE), 25 had pachychoroid neovasculopathy (PNV), 30 had central serous chorioretinopathy (CSC), and 30 had polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV). The choroidal areas were measured with ImageJ software. The CVI, the proportion of the luminal area to the total choroidal area, was assessed.
resultsThe cut-off points of central choroidal thickness were determined as 360 µm for the PPE and PCV group pair (p < 0.001), 422 µm for the PNV and CSC group pair (p = 0.026), 271 µm for the PNV and PCV group pair (p < 0.001), and 341 µm for the CSC and PCV group pair (p < 0.001). The cut-off points of CVI were 72.7 for the PPE and PCV group pair (p < 0.001), 74.7 for the PNV and CSC group pair (p = 0.005), 72.6 for the PNV and PCV group pair (p = 0.001), and 73.6 for the CSC and PCV group pair (p < 0.001).
conclusionPachychoroid spectrum may be composed of a combination of distinct choroidal diseases with different vascular and structural characteristics.
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