Macular Ischemia Quantification Using Deep-Learning Denoised Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography in Branch Retinal Vein Occlusion

Autor: Yih-Cherng Lee, Yu-Tze Lin, Tay-Wey Lee, Chi-Chun Lai, Ling Yeung
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
Předmět:
0301 basic medicine
medicine.medical_specialty
Visual acuity
genetic structures
neural network
Biomedical Engineering
Ischemia
Visual Acuity
denoise
optical coherence tomography angiography
Article
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Optical coherence tomography
Ophthalmology
vessel density
Retinal Vein Occlusion
medicine
Humans
nonperfusion area
Fluorescein Angiography
Retrospective Studies
medicine.diagnostic_test
Receiver operating characteristic
business.industry
branch retinal vein occlusion
deep learning
Retinal Vessels
Speckle noise
Fluorescein angiography
medicine.disease
eye diseases
030104 developmental biology
Cross-Sectional Studies
030221 ophthalmology & optometry
Branch retinal vein occlusion
Tomography
sense organs
medicine.symptom
business
Tomography
Optical Coherence
Zdroj: Translational Vision Science & Technology
ISSN: 2164-2591
Popis: Purpose To examine whether deep-learning denoised optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) images could enhance automated macular ischemia quantification in branch retinal vein occlusion (BRVO). Methods This retrospective, single-center, cross-sectional study enrolled 74 patients with BRVO and 46 age-matched healthy subjects. The severity of macular ischemia was graded as mild, moderate, or severe. Denoised OCTA images were produced using a neural network model. Quantitative parameters derived from denoised images, including vessel density and nonperfusion area, were compared with those derived from the OCTA machine. The main outcome measures were correlations between quantitative parameters, and areas under receiver operating characteristic curves (AUCs) in classifying the severity of the macular ischemia. Results The vessel density and nonperfusion area from denoised images were correlated strongly with the corresponding parameters from machine-derived images in control eyes and BRVO eyes with mild or moderate macular ischemia (all P < 0.001). However, no such correlation was found in eyes with severe macular ischemia. The vessel density and nonperfusion area from denoised images had significantly larger area under receiver operating characteristic curve than those derived from the original images in classifying moderate versus severe macular ischemia (0.927 vs 0.802 [P = 0.042] and 0.946 vs 0.797, [P = 0.022], respectively). There were no significant differences in the areas under receiver operating characteristic curve between the denoised images and the machine-derived parameters in classifying control versus BRVO, and mild versus moderate macular ischemia. Conclusions A neural network model is useful for removing speckle noise on OCTA images and facilitating the automated grading of macular ischemia in eyes with BRVO. Translational Relevance Deep-learning denoised optical coherence tomography angiography images could enhance automated macular ischemia quantification.
Databáze: OpenAIRE