BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: To describe the presence of eyelashes artifact in ultra-widefield swept-source optical coherence tomography angiography (SS-OCTA) images. PATIENTS AND METHODS: In this prospective, cross-sectional study, 52 healthy, young subjects were imaged with the SS-OCTA system. OCTA scans were taken in primary and extremes of gaze, and a montage was automatically created. The en face choriocapillaris images were then exported, and a semi-automated algorithm was used for subsequent quantitative analysis. RESULTS: The authors noted the presence of some linear regions of reduced brightness, which were assumed to represent a shadow effect due to patient eyelashes. In order to quantify this effect, the authors performed a quantitative analysis of the superior and inferior regions in the retinal and choroidal vessels. CONCLUSIONS: The authors' qualitative and quantitative analysis showed the presence of regions of false-positive hypoperfusion secondary to eyelashes artifacts. To the authors' knowledge, this represents the first description of this new type of shadowing artifact affecting OCTA images.
Eyelashes artifact in ultra-widefield optical coherence tomography angiography
Viggiano P.Writing – Review & Editing
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2019-01-01
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: To describe the presence of eyelashes artifact in ultra-widefield swept-source optical coherence tomography angiography (SS-OCTA) images. PATIENTS AND METHODS: In this prospective, cross-sectional study, 52 healthy, young subjects were imaged with the SS-OCTA system. OCTA scans were taken in primary and extremes of gaze, and a montage was automatically created. The en face choriocapillaris images were then exported, and a semi-automated algorithm was used for subsequent quantitative analysis. RESULTS: The authors noted the presence of some linear regions of reduced brightness, which were assumed to represent a shadow effect due to patient eyelashes. In order to quantify this effect, the authors performed a quantitative analysis of the superior and inferior regions in the retinal and choroidal vessels. CONCLUSIONS: The authors' qualitative and quantitative analysis showed the presence of regions of false-positive hypoperfusion secondary to eyelashes artifacts. To the authors' knowledge, this represents the first description of this new type of shadowing artifact affecting OCTA images.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
