Comparison of retinal thickness values and segmentation performance of different OCT devices in acute branch retinal vein occlusion

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PurposeTo compare retinal thickness (RT) measurement and segmentation performance of time domain (TD, Stratus) and spectral domain (SD) optical coherence tomography (OCT) devices (Cirrus, Spectralis) for imaging macular oedema (ME) secondary to branch retinal vein occlusion (BRVO).MethodsIn this study, 20 eyes of 20 consecutive patients with acute BRVO were included. A total of 18 unaffected fellow eyes served as control group. RT measurement was analysed in the five inner fields of the early-treatment diabetic retinopathy grid, and proportional segmentation errors were evaluated.ResultsCentral millimetre thickness (CMT) showed a mean difference of 64, 74, and 18 m (P0.001) in the control group and 31 m (P0.107), 92 m (P0.001), and 105 m (P0.016) in the BRVO group, between Stratus and Cirrus, between Stratus and Spectralis, and between Cirrus and Spectralis, respectively. Mean RT showed the highest variability between different devices in the area most intensively affected by BRVO-related ME. In eyes with BRVO, 14.6% of Spectralis, 20% of Stratus, and 36.6% of Cirrus scans demonstrated moderate and severe segmentation errors.ConclusionRT measurement in eyes with BRVO, by TD and SD OCT, is compromised by a significant rate of segmentation errors. Deviations are most pronounced in the areas most severely affected by ME. © 2011 Macmillan Publishers Limited All rights reserved.

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Matt, G., Sacu, S., Buehl, W., Ahlers, C., Dunavoelgyi, R., Pruente, C., & Schmidt-Erfurth, U. (2011). Comparison of retinal thickness values and segmentation performance of different OCT devices in acute branch retinal vein occlusion. Eye, 25(4), 511–518. https://doi.org/10.1038/eye.2010.216

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