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ArticleTranslational vision science & technology2022

Automated Assessment of Photoreceptor Visibility in Adaptive Optics Split-Detection Images Using Edge Detection.

Min Chen, Yu You Jiang, James C Gee, David H Brainard, Jessica I W Morgan

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Article in Translational vision science & technology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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  1. Retinal Sensitivity in Comparison to Cone Density in Choroideremia.Investigative ophthalmology & visual science · 2024
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Min ChenDepartment of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Yu You JiangScheie Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
James C GeeDepartment of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
David H BrainardDepartment of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Jessica I W MorganScheie Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

Funding

Scientific TransparencyP30EY001583 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI Qi N Cui · 1985 to 2026
$19.5M
Retinal structure, function and response to gene therapyR01EY028601 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI Jessica I.W. Morgan · 2018 to 2026
$3.6M
Imaging Photoreceptor FunctionR01EY030227 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI David H. Brainard, Jessica I.W. Morgan · 2020 to 2026
$1.8M
NEI NIH HHS P30 EY001583NEI NIH HHS R01 EY028601NEI NIH HHS R01 EY030227
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Purpose: Adaptive optics scanning laser ophthalmoscopy (AOSLO) is a high-resolution imaging modality that allows measurements of cellular-level retinal changes in living patients. In retinal diseases, the visibility of photoreceptors in AOSLO images is affected by pathology, patient motion, and optics, which can lead to variability in analyses of the photoreceptor mosaic. Current best practice for AOSLO mosaic quantification requires manual assessment of photoreceptor visibility across overlapping images, a laborious and time-consuming task. Methods: We propose an automated measure for quantification of photoreceptor visibility in AOSLO. Our method detects salient edge features, which can represent visible photoreceptor boundaries in each image. We evaluate our measure against two human graders and two standard automated image quality assessment algorithms. Results: We evaluate the accuracy of pairwise ordering (PO) and the correlation of ordinal rankings (ORs) of photoreceptor visibility in 29 retinal regions, taken from five subjects with choroideremia. The proposed measure had high association with manual assessments (Grader 1: PO = 0.71, OR = 0.61; Grader 2: PO = 0.67, OR = 0.62), which is comparable with intergrader reliability (PO = 0.76, OR = 0.75) and outperforms the top standard approach (PO = 0.57; OR = 0.46). Conclusions: Our edge-based measure can automatically assess photoreceptor visibility and order overlapping images within AOSLO montages. This can significantly reduce the manual labor required to generate high-quality AOSLO montages and enables higher throughput for quantitative studies of photoreceptors. Translational Relevance: Automated assessment of photoreceptor visibility allows us to more rapidly quantify photoreceptor morphology in the living eye. This has applications to ophthalmic medicine by allowing detailed characterization of retinal degenerations, thus yielding potential biomarkers of treatment safety and efficacy.

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ChoroideremiaRetinal Cone Photoreceptor CellsHumansOphthalmoscopyOptics and PhotonicsReproducibility of Results

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PMCPMC9145033

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