Journal article
Correcting magnification error in foveal avascular zone area measurements of optical coherence tomography angiography images with estimated axial length
Eye and Vision, Vol.9(1), Art. 29
2022
Abstract
Background
To generate and validate a method to estimate axial length estimated (ALest) from spherical equivalent (SE) and corneal curvature [keratometry (K)], and to determine if this ALest can replace actual axial length (ALact) for correcting transverse magnification error in optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) images using the Littmann-Bennett formula.
Methods
Data from 1301 participants of the Raine Study Gen2-20 year follow-up were divided into two datasets to generate (n = 650) and validate (n = 651) a relationship between AL, SE, and K. The developed formula was then applied to a separate dataset of 46 participants with AL, SE, and K measurements and OCTA images to estimate and compare the performance of ALest against ALact in correcting transverse magnification error in OCTA images when measuring the foveal avascular zone area (FAZA).
Results
The formula for ALest yielded the equation: ALest = 2.102K − 0.4125SE + 7.268, R2 = 0.794. There was good agreement between ALest and ALact for both study cohorts. The mean difference [standard deviation (SD)] between FAZA corrected with ALest and ALact was 0.002 (0.015) mm2 with the 95% limits of agreement (LoA) of − 0.027 to 0.031 mm2. In comparison, mean difference (SD) between FAZA uncorrected and corrected with ALact was − 0.005 (0.030) mm2, with 95% LoA of − 0.064 to 0.054 mm2.
Conclusions
ALact is more accurate than ALest and hence should be used preferentially in magnification error correction in the clinical setting. FAZA corrected with ALest is comparable to FAZA corrected with ALact, while FAZA measurements using images corrected with ALest have a greater accuracy than measurements on uncorrected images. Hence, in the absence of ALact, clinicians should use ALest to correct for magnification error as this provides for more accurate measurements of fundus parameters than uncorrected images.
Details
- Title
- Correcting magnification error in foveal avascular zone area measurements of optical coherence tomography angiography images with estimated axial length
- Authors/Creators
- D.D.C.S. Dutt (Author/Creator) - The University of Western AustraliaS. Yazar (Author/Creator)J. Charng (Author/Creator)D.A. Mackey (Author/Creator)F.K. Chen (Author/Creator)D.M. Sampson (Author/Creator)
- Publication Details
- Eye and Vision, Vol.9(1), Art. 29
- Publisher
- BioMed Central Ltd as part of Springer Nature
- Identifiers
- 991005545449607891
- Copyright
- © 2022 The Authors.
- Murdoch Affiliation
- Murdoch University
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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