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ArticleInvestigative ophthalmology & visual science2023

Three-Dimensional Ultrasound Elastography Detects Age-Related Increase in Anterior Peripapillary Sclera and Optic Nerve Head Compression During IOP Elevation.

Sunny Kwok, Yanhui Ma, Xueliang Pan, Jun Liu

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Article in Investigative ophthalmology & visual science, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sunny KwokDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States.
Yanhui MaDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States.
Xueliang PanDepartment of Biomedical Informatics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States.
Jun LiuDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States.
The Ohio State University · US

Funding

Biomechanical Interplay between Optic Nerve Head and Peripapillary ScleraR01EY032621 · NEI · OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY · PI LIU, JUN · 2022 to 2025
$1.6M
NEI NIH HHS R01 EY032621
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Purpose: High-frequency ultrasound elastography offers a tool to resolve the complex and heterogeneous deformation through the full thickness of the optic nerve head (ONH) and peripapillary sclera (PPS). Using this tool, we quantified the three-dimensional deformation of the ONH and PPS in human donor eyes and evaluated age-associated changes. Methods: The ONH and PPS in 15 human donor globes were imaged with a 50-MHz ultrasound probe while increasing intraocular pressure (IOP) from 15 to 30 mm Hg. Tissue displacements were obtained using correlation-based ultrasound speckle tracking. Three-dimensional spherical strains (radial, circumferential, meridional, and respective shear strains) were calculated for the ONH and PPS volumes segmented from three-dimensional ultrasound images. Age-related trends of different strains in each region of interest were explored. Results: The dominant form of IOP-induced deformation in the ONH and PPS was radial compression. High-magnitude localized out-of-plane shear strains were also observed in both regions. Most strains were concentrated in the anterior one-half of the ONH and PPS. The magnitude of radial and volumetric strains increased with age in the anterior ONH and anterior PPS, indicating greater radial compression and volume loss during IOP elevation in older age. Conclusions: The age-associated increase of radial compression, the predominant form of IOP-induced deformation in anterior ONH and PPS, may underlie age-associated glaucoma risk. High-frequency ultrasound elastography offers a useful tool to quantify all types of deformation comprehensively in all regions of ONH and PPS, which may improve our understanding of the biomechanical factors contributing to glaucoma risk.

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Elasticity Imaging TechniquesGlaucomaOptic DiskOptic Nerve DiseasesHumansIntraocular PressureSclera

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PMID37289169
PMCPMC10257341
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