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ArticleScientific reports2021

Distance between the center of the FAZ measured automatically and the highest foveal bulge using OCT-angiography in elderly healthy eyes.

Takuhei Shoji, Hirokazu Ishii, Junji Kanno, Takanori Sasaki, Yuji Yoshikawa, Hisashi Ibuki, Kei Shinoda

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Takuhei ShojiDepartment of Ophthalmology, Saitama Medical University, 38 Morohongo Moroyama-machi, Iruma, Saitama, 350-0495, Japan. shoojii@gmail.com.
Hirokazu IshiiDepartment of Ophthalmology, Saitama Medical University, 38 Morohongo Moroyama-machi, Iruma, Saitama, 350-0495, Japan.
Junji KannoDepartment of Ophthalmology, Saitama Medical University, 38 Morohongo Moroyama-machi, Iruma, Saitama, 350-0495, Japan.
Takanori SasakiDepartment of Ophthalmology, Saitama Medical University, 38 Morohongo Moroyama-machi, Iruma, Saitama, 350-0495, Japan.
Yuji YoshikawaDepartment of Ophthalmology, Saitama Medical University, 38 Morohongo Moroyama-machi, Iruma, Saitama, 350-0495, Japan.
Hisashi IbukiDepartment of Ophthalmology, Saitama Medical University, 38 Morohongo Moroyama-machi, Iruma, Saitama, 350-0495, Japan.
Kei ShinodaDepartment of Ophthalmology, Saitama Medical University, 38 Morohongo Moroyama-machi, Iruma, Saitama, 350-0495, Japan.

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Japan Society for the Promotion of Science 19K09976
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Abstract

The center of the fovea, termed the foveola, is the area of highest visual acuity, has the highest density of cone photoreceptors. We investigated the distance between the automatically-determined center of the foveal avascular zone (FAZ) and the manually-determined highest foveal bulge (FB) point using single swept-source optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) instrument. This cross-sectional study included 49 eyes of 49 individuals (34 women and 15 men; median age: 68 years) with no history of ocular disorders. The FAZ in the superficial capillary plexus was automatically determined using the Kanno-Saitama macro method, and the center of the FAZ was automatically determined using ellipse approximation. Another candidate foveal center, the highest FB point, was determined manually on the serial cross-sectional B-scan images. As a result, the foveal center was manually identified as the highest FB point on B-scan OCTA images. The center of the FAZ was more likely to be located inferior to the highest FB point (p = 0.031). In participants with a total (linear) distance of more than 50 μm between the center of the FAZ and the highest FB point, the displacement was significantly more in the horizontal direction than in the vertical direction (p = 0.017). These results can be applicable to further studies regarding the spatial relationships between the center of the FAZ and the highest FB point in various macular diseases or previously-treated eyes.

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Fundus OculiVisual AcuityAgedCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleFluorescein AngiographyFovea CentralisHealthy VolunteersHumansMaleRetinal VesselsTomography, Optical Coherence

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