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The Relationship Between Artificial Intelligence-Assisted OCT Angiography-Derived Foveal Avascular Zone Parameters and Visual-Field Defect Progression in Eyes with Open-Angle Glaucoma.

Takahiro Ninomiya, Naoki Kiyota, Parmanand Sharma, Kazuko Omodaka, Noriko Himori, Masayuki Yasuda, Hiroshi Kunikata, Toru Nakazawa

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Article in Ophthalmology science. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Takahiro NinomiyaDepartment of Ophthalmology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Miyagi, Japan.
Naoki KiyotaDepartment of Ophthalmology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Miyagi, Japan.
Parmanand SharmaDepartment of Ophthalmology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Miyagi, Japan.
Kazuko OmodakaDepartment of Ophthalmology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Miyagi, Japan.
Noriko HimoriDepartment of Ophthalmology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Miyagi, Japan.
Masayuki YasudaDepartment of Ophthalmology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Miyagi, Japan.
Hiroshi KunikataDepartment of Ophthalmology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Miyagi, Japan.
Toru NakazawaDepartment of Ophthalmology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Miyagi, Japan.
Tohoku University · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Purpose: To investigate clinical factors associated with foveal avascular zone (FAZ) parameters obtained using OCT angiography (OCTA) with assistance from a previously developed artificial intelligence (AI) platform in eyes with open-angle glaucoma (OAG). Design: Retrospective longitudinal. Participants: This study followed up 885 eyes of 558 patients with OAG for ≥ 2 years; all eyes underwent ≥ 5 Humphrey visual-field (VF) tests and had 3.0 × 3.0 mm macular OCTA scans available. Methods: Average total deviation (TD) in the superior, superocentral, inferocentral, and inferior sectors of the Humphrey 24-2 program was calculated. We collected 3.0 × 3.0 mm macular OCTA images from each patient and used a previously developed AI platform with these images to obtain FAZ parameters, including FAZ area, FAZ circularity index (CI), and FAZ perimeter. Multivariable linear mixed-effects models were used to analyze the relationship between FAZ parameters, TD or TD slope in each quadrant, and systemic factors, adjusting for potential confounding factors, including axial length. Main Outcome Measures: Ophthalmic and systemic variables, FAZ parameters, and TD or TD slope in each quadrant. Results: The multivariable model showed that FAZ parameters were correlated with both TD and TD slope in the inferocentral quadrant (β = -0.244 - 0.168, Conclusions: Artificial intelligence-assisted OCTA-measured FAZ enlargement and irregular shape might be good markers of ocular hypoperfusion and associated inferocentral VF defect progression in eyes with OAG.

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AIMicrovasculatureOCTAOpen-angle glaucoma

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PMCPMC10960060
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