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ArticleQuantitative imaging in medicine and surgery2021

A modified measuring method to investigate the choriocapillaris flow void of polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy with swept source optical coherence tomography angiography.

Huajui Wu, Tetsuju Sekiryu, Yukinori Sugano, Kanako Itagaki, Akihito Kasai, Hiroaki Shintake

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Article in Quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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Huajui WuDepartment of Ophthalmology, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima City, Fukushima Pref., Japan.
Tetsuju SekiryuDepartment of Ophthalmology, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima City, Fukushima Pref., Japan.
Yukinori SuganoDepartment of Ophthalmology, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima City, Fukushima Pref., Japan.
Kanako ItagakiDepartment of Ophthalmology, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima City, Fukushima Pref., Japan.
Akihito KasaiDepartment of Ophthalmology, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima City, Fukushima Pref., Japan.
Hiroaki ShintakeDepartment of Ophthalmology, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima City, Fukushima Pref., Japan.
Fukushima Medical University · JP

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Abstract

backgroundTo propose a modified method to investigate the flow void of polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV) choriocapillaris.

methodsThis paper involves a retrospective study. Included 30 PCV affect eyes, 30 old control eyes, 20 young control eyes, 15 affect eyes with anti-VEGF intravitreal injection treatment, and 8 fellow eyes of anti-VEGF intravitreal injection treatment group. After the choriocapillaris slab [10 µm thick starting 30 µm beneath to the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE)-fit reference] was extracted from macular optical coherence tomography angiography 6×6-mm scans, the flow void was segmented by the Phansalkar method. We analyzed the flow void sizes-frequency histogram in order to investigate the differences of flow void proportion between groups. Then we verified the differences between groups after anti-VEGF intravitreal injection treatment.

resultsOn the difference curve between the PCV group and Old control group, there was a peak appeared at the flow void sizes range from 900 to 1,125 µm

conclusionsOur method was specific for the pathological changes in choriocapillaris structures of PCV affect eyes, fellow eyes, and the affect eyes after anti-VEGF treatment.

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Choriocapillaris (CC)flow voidoptical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA)polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV)

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PMID34249641
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