Contrast Sensitivity Better Reflects Wide-Field Swept-Source Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography Vascular Metrics Among Healthy Eyes Compared to Visual Acuity.

Autor: Baldwin G, Tracy J, Vingopoulos F, Munsell M, Bennett C, Rodriguez JM, Choi H, Garg I, Tandias R, Wescott H, Finn MJ, Razavi P, Bannerman A, Zeng R, Vavvas DG, Husain D, Kim LA, Patel NA, Miller JB
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Ophthalmic surgery, lasers & imaging retina [Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging Retina] 2024 Sep; Vol. 55 (9), pp. 494-502. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Jun 01.
DOI: 10.3928/23258160-20240411-01
Abstrakt: Background and Objective: To evaluate the association between widefield swept-source optical coherence tomography angiography (WF SS-OCTA) and visual function in healthy eyes.
Patients and Methods: Fifty-seven eyes of 45 patients were evaluated with visual acuity (VA), contrast sensitivity (CS), and WF SS-OCTA (3 × 3, 6 × 6, and 12 × 12 mm images) on the same day. Mixed-effects multivariable regression analyses were performed.
Results: Contrast sensitivity metrics, including CS between 6 to 18 cycles per degree (cpd) and area under the logarithm CS function, were significantly associated with vessel density (VD) and vessel skeletonized density (VSD), whereas VA was not. The largest effect size was between CS at 18 cpd and VD (β = 0.41, P = 0.007) and VSD (β = 0.42, P = 0.006) on 12 × 12 mm images.
Conclusions: Reduced VSD and VD on WF SSOCTA was significantly associated with decreased CS, whereas VA was not. These results suggest CS could serve as a screening tool for early stage retinal and neurologic disorders. [ Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging Retina 2024;55:494-502.] .
Databáze: MEDLINE