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Retinal Vascular Reactivity as Assessed by Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography
Published on: March 26, 2020
Optical coherence angiography.
Optics Express
|June 17, 2009
Summary
High-speed spectral-domain optical coherence tomography enables noninvasive, three-dimensional angiography of human eye vasculature. This technique visualizes retinal and choroidal blood vessels, offering an alternative to traditional angiograms.
Area of Science:
- Ophthalmic imaging
- Biomedical optics
- Vascular imaging
Background:
- Traditional angiography methods like fluorescein and indocyanine angiography are invasive.
- High-speed imaging techniques are needed for detailed visualization of ocular vasculature.
Purpose of the Study:
- To demonstrate noninvasive, three-dimensional (3D) angiography of the in vivo human eye.
- To visualize both retinal and choroidal vasculature simultaneously.
Main Methods:
- Utilized high-speed spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) for 3D flow imaging.
- Implemented two motion compensation algorithms: Doppler shift for axial motion within an image and a correlation-based algorithm for inter-image displacements.
- Integrated volume sets of flow images to generate 2D blood vessel images.
Main Results:
- Successfully visualized the 3D vasculature of ocular blood vessels.
- Obtained simultaneous 2D images of retinal and choroidal blood vessels by separating the volume data.
- The resulting images correspond to fluorescein and indocyanine angiograms.
Conclusions:
- High-speed SD-OCT provides a noninvasive method for in vivo human eye angiography.
- This technique allows for simultaneous visualization of retinal and choroidal vasculature.
- The developed method offers a promising alternative to conventional angiography.
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