Image Scaling Difference Between a Confocal Scanning Laser Ophthalmoscope and a Flash Fundus Camera

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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: To evaluate scaling and measurement differences between flash and scanning laser fundus images.

PATIENTS AND METHODS: The authors analyzed fundus autofluorescence images of patients with geographic atrophy secondary to age-related macular degeneration imaged with both 30º confocal scanning laser ophthalmoscope (cSLO) and 50º flash fundus camera (FFC). Multiple vessel-crossing points served as landmarks.

RESULTS: The mean (±SD; range) scaling factor between cSLO and FFC images (by GRADOR) for the horizontal dimension was 1.217 (±0.0487; 1.0474-1.272) versus 1.138 (±0.0311; 1.0841-1.193) for the vertical dimension. The mean percentage difference between horizontal and vertical scaling factors was 7.48 (±2.29; 2.30-10.70). Refractive error (focus) and aperture size (or field of view of the image) were positively correlated and aspect ratio was negatively correlated with landmark pair measurements.

CONCLUSION: Inherent image-scaling differences between fundus autofluorescence imaging systems are not restricted to simple pixel-to-millimeter calibration variances, but appear to vary depending on measurement orientation. Differences should be considered when comparing measurements obtained using different imaging systems, particularly for clinical trials.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2015

Erschienen:

2015

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:46

Enthalten in:

Ophthalmic surgery, lasers & imaging retina - 46(2015), 8 vom: 27. Sept., Seite 872-9

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Nittala, Muneeswar G [VerfasserIn]
Hariri, Amirhossein [VerfasserIn]
Wong, Wai T [VerfasserIn]
Chew, Emily Y [VerfasserIn]
Ferris, Frederick L [VerfasserIn]
Sadda, Srinivas R [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Comparative Study
Journal Article
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 29.04.2016

Date Revised 03.10.2015

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3928/23258160-20150909-13

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM253338735