AIM: To describe using spectral-domain optical coherence tomography the regeneration of the foveal morphology after pars plana(re)vitrectomy surgery and gas tamponade combined with injection of autologous platelet con...AIM: To describe using spectral-domain optical coherence tomography the regeneration of the foveal morphology after pars plana(re)vitrectomy surgery and gas tamponade combined with injection of autologous platelet concentrate to treat full-thickness macular holes, and to describe different anatomical outcome. METHODS: A retrospective case series of 8 eyes of 8 patients was described. RESULTS: In all cases investigated, the plateletassisted closure of macular holes was associated with a rapid resolution of cystic cavities in the foveal walls. In two patients, there was a regular regeneration of the foveal morphology after hole closure;the regenerated central fovea had a regular structure with a foveola and photoreceptors. In three other patients, there was an irregular regeneration of the fovea;a foveola was not formed, photoreceptor cells were absent from the foveal center, and the center was composed of Müller and retinal pigment epithelial(RPE) cells. The foveal regeneration after hole closure may proceed with or without a temporary detachment of the foveal center from the RPE, and with or without a direct contact between the central outer nuclear layer(ONL) and the RPE. Contacts between the ONL and RPE were observed only in patients with an irregular foveal regeneration after hole closure.CONCLUSION: The data show that there are different modes of foveal regeneration after closure of macular holes with(re)vitrectomy and platelet concentrate. It is suggested that the regular regeneration of the foveal morphology proceeds by Müller cell-mediated tissue movements without cell proliferation, whereas the irregular foveal regeneration proceeds in part by proliferation of Müller and RPE cells.展开更多
AIM: To explore a more accurate quantifying diagnosis method of diabetic macular edema(DME) by displaying detailed 3D morphometry beyond the gold-standard quantification indicator-central retinal thickness(CRT) and ap...AIM: To explore a more accurate quantifying diagnosis method of diabetic macular edema(DME) by displaying detailed 3D morphometry beyond the gold-standard quantification indicator-central retinal thickness(CRT) and apply it in follow-up of DME patients.METHODS: Optical coherence tomography(OCT) scans of 229 eyes from 160 patients were collected.We manually annotated cystoid macular edema(CME), subretinal fluid(SRF) and fovea as ground truths.Deep convolution neural networks(DCNNs) were constructed including U-Net, sASPP, HRNetV2-W48, and HRNetV2-W48+Object-Contextual Representation(OCR) for fluid(CME+SRF) segmentation and fovea detection respectively, based on which the thickness maps of CME, SRF and retina were generated and divided by Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study(ETDRS) grid.RESULTS: In fluid segmentation, with the best DCNN constructed and loss function, the dice similarity coefficients(DSC) of segmentation reached 0.78(CME), 0.82(SRF), and 0.95(retina).In fovea detection, the average deviation between the predicted fovea and the ground truth reached 145.7±117.8 μm.The generated macular edema thickness maps are able to discover center-involved DME by intuitive morphometry and fluid volume, which is ignored by the traditional definition of CRT>250 μm.Thickness maps could also help to discover fluid above or below the fovea center ignored or underestimated by a single OCT B-scan.CONCLUSION: Compared to the traditional unidimensional indicator-CRT, 3D macular edema thickness maps are able to display more intuitive morphometry and detailed statistics of DME, supporting more accurate diagnoses and follow-up of DME patients.展开更多
Dear Editor,I am Dr.Shan-Shan Li,from Northern Jiangsu People’s Hospital,Yangzhou,China.I write to present the case of formation of choroidal neovascularization(CNV)under the fovea after high-power laser irradiation....Dear Editor,I am Dr.Shan-Shan Li,from Northern Jiangsu People’s Hospital,Yangzhou,China.I write to present the case of formation of choroidal neovascularization(CNV)under the fovea after high-power laser irradiation.Currently,there is an increasing availability and accessibility to laser instruments,but improper use of these tools can lead to macular damage and irreversible visual impairment.展开更多
Detection of abnormalities in human eye is one of the wellestablished research areas of Machine Learning.Deep Learning techniques are widely used for the diagnosis of RetinalDiseases(RD).Fovea is one of the significan...Detection of abnormalities in human eye is one of the wellestablished research areas of Machine Learning.Deep Learning techniques are widely used for the diagnosis of RetinalDiseases(RD).Fovea is one of the significant parts of retina which would be prevented before the involvement of Perforated Blood Vessels(PBV).Retinopathy Images(RI)contains sufficient information to classify structural changes incurred upon PBV but Macular Features(MF)and Fovea Features(FF)are very difficult to detect because features ofMFand FF could be found with Similar Color Movements(SCM)with minor variations.This paper presents novel method for the diagnosis of Irregular Fovea(IF)to assist the doctors in diagnosis of irregular fovea.By considering all above problems this paper proposes a three-layer decision support system to explore the hindsight knowledge of RI and to solve the classification problem of IF.The first layer involves data preparation,the second layer builds the decision model to extract the hidden patterns of fundus images by using Deep Belief Neural Network(DBN)and the third layer visualizes the results by using confusion matrix.This paper contributes a data preparation algorithm for irregular fovea and a highest estimated classification accuracy measured about 96.90%.展开更多
AIM: To document with spectral-domain optical coherence tomography the morphological regeneration of the fovea after resolution of cystoid macular edema(CME) without and with internal limiting membrane(ILM) detachment...AIM: To document with spectral-domain optical coherence tomography the morphological regeneration of the fovea after resolution of cystoid macular edema(CME) without and with internal limiting membrane(ILM) detachment and to discuss the presumed role of the glial scaffold for foveal structure stabilization. METHODS: A retrospective case series of 38 eyes of 35 patients is described. Of these, 17 eyes of 16 patients displayed foveal regeneration after resolution of CME, and 6 eyes of 6 patients displayed CME with ILM detachment. Eleven eyes of 9 patients displayed other kinds of foveal and retinal disorders associated with ILM detachment. RESULTS: The pattern of edematous cyst distribution, with or without a large cyst in the foveola and preferred location of cysts in the inner nuclear layer or Henle fiber layer(HFL), may vary between different eyes with CME or in one eye during different CME episodes. Large cysts in the foveola may be associated with a tractional elevation of the inner foveal layers and the formation of a foveoschisis in the HFL. Edematous cysts are usually not formed in the ganglion cell layer. Eyes with CME and ILM detachment display a schisis between the detached ILM and nerve fiber layer(NFL) which is traversed by Müller cell trunks. ILM detachment was also found in single eyes with myopic traction maculopathy, macular pucker, full-thickness macular holes, outer lamellar holes, and glaucomatous parapapillary retinoschisis, and in 3 eyes with Müller cell sheen dystrophy(MCSD). As observed in eyes with MCSD, cellophane maculopathy, and macular pucker, respectively, fundus light reflections can be caused by different highly reflective membranes or layers: the thickened and tightened ILM which may or may not be detached from the NFL, the NFL, or idiopathic epiretinal membranes. In eyes with short single or multiple CME episodes, the central fovea regenerated either completely, which included the disappearance of irregularities of the photoreceptor layer lines and the reformation of a fovea externa, or with remaining irregularities of the photoreceptor layer lines. CONCLUSION: The examples of a complete regeneration of the foveal morphology after transient CME show that the fovea may withstand even large tractional deformations and has a conspicuous capacity of structural regeneration as long as no cell degeneration occurs. It is suggested that the regenerative capacity depends on the integrity of the threedimensional glial scaffold for foveal structure stabilization composed of Müller cell and astrocyte processes. The glial scaffold may also maintain the retinal structure after loss of most retinal neurons as in late-stage MCSD.展开更多
<strong>Purpose:</strong> To investigate the foveal avascular zone (FAZ) in obese by optical coherence tomography angiography (OCT-A) and to evaluate the findings of structural optical coherence tomography...<strong>Purpose:</strong> To investigate the foveal avascular zone (FAZ) in obese by optical coherence tomography angiography (OCT-A) and to evaluate the findings of structural optical coherence tomography (OCT) and their relations with comorbidities. <strong>Methods:</strong> It was included 35 obese (study group) and 30 normal individuals (control group). Patients with retinal diseases and retinal treatments were excluded. The images were obtained using the Topcon<span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-family:Roboto, " white-space:normal;background-color:#d46399;"=""><span style="color:#000000;"><sup><span style="color:#000000;font-family:Roboto, " white-space:normal;background-color:#d46399;"=""><span style="white-space:nowrap;">®</span></span></sup></span>;</span>. <strong>Results:</strong> The mean areas of FAZ in superficial plexus (FAZ-SP) and deep plexus (FAZ-DP) were significantly greater in the study group: FAZ-SP was 405.0 ± 136.4 μm<sup>2</sup> in the obese group and 307.3 ± 78.6 μm<sup>2</sup> in the control group and in the left eye (LE) 477.1 ± 124.4 μm<sup>2</sup> in the obese group and 384.0 ± 88.7 μm<sup>2</sup> in the control group. This difference was statistically significant (RE: p = 0.0014 and LE: p = 0.0012). The mean area of the FAZ-DP was 491.0 ± 124.4 μm<sup>2</sup> (Right eye—RE) in the obese group and 384.4 ± 88.7 μm2 in the control group and in the left eye (LE) was 497.9 ± 124.1 μm<sup>2</sup> in the obese group and 484.9 ± 92.7 μm<sup>2</sup> in the control group. There were no correlations regarding FAZ-SP and FAZ-DP in both eyes with fasting blood glucose, glycated hemoglobin, total cholesterol and fractions and triglycerides. A significant association between enlargement of FAZ-DP and type 2 diabetes mellitus (p = 0.0160) was observed. <strong>Conclusion:</strong> The FAZ areas in superficial and deep plexus achieved significantly greater values in the study group. There was a significant association between a larger deep FAZ area and type 2 diabetes mellitus. It is necessary an evaluation with a larger sample size to corroborate the findings.展开更多
目的:评估玻璃体切割术中保留中央凹(FSIP)或标准内界膜剥除(CMIP)治疗近视牵引性黄斑病变(MTM)的疗效及安全性。方法:计算机检索中国知网、万方、维普、PubMed、Embase、Cochrane Library、Web of Science数据库,搜集2000-01-01/2022-0...目的:评估玻璃体切割术中保留中央凹(FSIP)或标准内界膜剥除(CMIP)治疗近视牵引性黄斑病变(MTM)的疗效及安全性。方法:计算机检索中国知网、万方、维普、PubMed、Embase、Cochrane Library、Web of Science数据库,搜集2000-01-01/2022-07-01玻璃体切割术中FSIP或CMIP治疗MTM的对比研究。比较两组患者术后最佳矫正视力(BCVA)的变化值和改善率、术后全层黄斑裂孔(FTMH)发生率、视网膜中央凹厚度(CFT)变化值、术后中心凹完全解剖复位率。结果:共12篇文献484眼纳入研究,其中FSIP组203眼,CMIP组281眼。Meta分析结果显示:FSIP组患者术后BCVA的变化值(SMD=0.52,95%CI:0.20~0.85,P=0.002)、BCVA改善率(RR=1.50,95%CI:1.22~1.85,P=0.0002)及术后FTMH发生率(RR=0.23,95%CI:0.10~0.54,P=0.0008)优于CMIP组,两组患者CFT变化值(SMD=0.04,95%CI:-0.19~0.26,P=0.75)及术后中心凹完全解剖复位率(RR=1.12,95%CI:0.94~1.32,P=0.20)比较均无差异。结论:现有证据表明,两种术式解剖改善结果相似,但在改善视觉效果及降低术后全层黄斑裂孔发生率方面,FSIP明显优于CMIP。展开更多
文摘AIM: To describe using spectral-domain optical coherence tomography the regeneration of the foveal morphology after pars plana(re)vitrectomy surgery and gas tamponade combined with injection of autologous platelet concentrate to treat full-thickness macular holes, and to describe different anatomical outcome. METHODS: A retrospective case series of 8 eyes of 8 patients was described. RESULTS: In all cases investigated, the plateletassisted closure of macular holes was associated with a rapid resolution of cystic cavities in the foveal walls. In two patients, there was a regular regeneration of the foveal morphology after hole closure;the regenerated central fovea had a regular structure with a foveola and photoreceptors. In three other patients, there was an irregular regeneration of the fovea;a foveola was not formed, photoreceptor cells were absent from the foveal center, and the center was composed of Müller and retinal pigment epithelial(RPE) cells. The foveal regeneration after hole closure may proceed with or without a temporary detachment of the foveal center from the RPE, and with or without a direct contact between the central outer nuclear layer(ONL) and the RPE. Contacts between the ONL and RPE were observed only in patients with an irregular foveal regeneration after hole closure.CONCLUSION: The data show that there are different modes of foveal regeneration after closure of macular holes with(re)vitrectomy and platelet concentrate. It is suggested that the regular regeneration of the foveal morphology proceeds by Müller cell-mediated tissue movements without cell proliferation, whereas the irregular foveal regeneration proceeds in part by proliferation of Müller and RPE cells.
文摘AIM: To explore a more accurate quantifying diagnosis method of diabetic macular edema(DME) by displaying detailed 3D morphometry beyond the gold-standard quantification indicator-central retinal thickness(CRT) and apply it in follow-up of DME patients.METHODS: Optical coherence tomography(OCT) scans of 229 eyes from 160 patients were collected.We manually annotated cystoid macular edema(CME), subretinal fluid(SRF) and fovea as ground truths.Deep convolution neural networks(DCNNs) were constructed including U-Net, sASPP, HRNetV2-W48, and HRNetV2-W48+Object-Contextual Representation(OCR) for fluid(CME+SRF) segmentation and fovea detection respectively, based on which the thickness maps of CME, SRF and retina were generated and divided by Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study(ETDRS) grid.RESULTS: In fluid segmentation, with the best DCNN constructed and loss function, the dice similarity coefficients(DSC) of segmentation reached 0.78(CME), 0.82(SRF), and 0.95(retina).In fovea detection, the average deviation between the predicted fovea and the ground truth reached 145.7±117.8 μm.The generated macular edema thickness maps are able to discover center-involved DME by intuitive morphometry and fluid volume, which is ignored by the traditional definition of CRT>250 μm.Thickness maps could also help to discover fluid above or below the fovea center ignored or underestimated by a single OCT B-scan.CONCLUSION: Compared to the traditional unidimensional indicator-CRT, 3D macular edema thickness maps are able to display more intuitive morphometry and detailed statistics of DME, supporting more accurate diagnoses and follow-up of DME patients.
文摘Dear Editor,I am Dr.Shan-Shan Li,from Northern Jiangsu People’s Hospital,Yangzhou,China.I write to present the case of formation of choroidal neovascularization(CNV)under the fovea after high-power laser irradiation.Currently,there is an increasing availability and accessibility to laser instruments,but improper use of these tools can lead to macular damage and irreversible visual impairment.
文摘Detection of abnormalities in human eye is one of the wellestablished research areas of Machine Learning.Deep Learning techniques are widely used for the diagnosis of RetinalDiseases(RD).Fovea is one of the significant parts of retina which would be prevented before the involvement of Perforated Blood Vessels(PBV).Retinopathy Images(RI)contains sufficient information to classify structural changes incurred upon PBV but Macular Features(MF)and Fovea Features(FF)are very difficult to detect because features ofMFand FF could be found with Similar Color Movements(SCM)with minor variations.This paper presents novel method for the diagnosis of Irregular Fovea(IF)to assist the doctors in diagnosis of irregular fovea.By considering all above problems this paper proposes a three-layer decision support system to explore the hindsight knowledge of RI and to solve the classification problem of IF.The first layer involves data preparation,the second layer builds the decision model to extract the hidden patterns of fundus images by using Deep Belief Neural Network(DBN)and the third layer visualizes the results by using confusion matrix.This paper contributes a data preparation algorithm for irregular fovea and a highest estimated classification accuracy measured about 96.90%.
文摘AIM: To document with spectral-domain optical coherence tomography the morphological regeneration of the fovea after resolution of cystoid macular edema(CME) without and with internal limiting membrane(ILM) detachment and to discuss the presumed role of the glial scaffold for foveal structure stabilization. METHODS: A retrospective case series of 38 eyes of 35 patients is described. Of these, 17 eyes of 16 patients displayed foveal regeneration after resolution of CME, and 6 eyes of 6 patients displayed CME with ILM detachment. Eleven eyes of 9 patients displayed other kinds of foveal and retinal disorders associated with ILM detachment. RESULTS: The pattern of edematous cyst distribution, with or without a large cyst in the foveola and preferred location of cysts in the inner nuclear layer or Henle fiber layer(HFL), may vary between different eyes with CME or in one eye during different CME episodes. Large cysts in the foveola may be associated with a tractional elevation of the inner foveal layers and the formation of a foveoschisis in the HFL. Edematous cysts are usually not formed in the ganglion cell layer. Eyes with CME and ILM detachment display a schisis between the detached ILM and nerve fiber layer(NFL) which is traversed by Müller cell trunks. ILM detachment was also found in single eyes with myopic traction maculopathy, macular pucker, full-thickness macular holes, outer lamellar holes, and glaucomatous parapapillary retinoschisis, and in 3 eyes with Müller cell sheen dystrophy(MCSD). As observed in eyes with MCSD, cellophane maculopathy, and macular pucker, respectively, fundus light reflections can be caused by different highly reflective membranes or layers: the thickened and tightened ILM which may or may not be detached from the NFL, the NFL, or idiopathic epiretinal membranes. In eyes with short single or multiple CME episodes, the central fovea regenerated either completely, which included the disappearance of irregularities of the photoreceptor layer lines and the reformation of a fovea externa, or with remaining irregularities of the photoreceptor layer lines. CONCLUSION: The examples of a complete regeneration of the foveal morphology after transient CME show that the fovea may withstand even large tractional deformations and has a conspicuous capacity of structural regeneration as long as no cell degeneration occurs. It is suggested that the regenerative capacity depends on the integrity of the threedimensional glial scaffold for foveal structure stabilization composed of Müller cell and astrocyte processes. The glial scaffold may also maintain the retinal structure after loss of most retinal neurons as in late-stage MCSD.
文摘<strong>Purpose:</strong> To investigate the foveal avascular zone (FAZ) in obese by optical coherence tomography angiography (OCT-A) and to evaluate the findings of structural optical coherence tomography (OCT) and their relations with comorbidities. <strong>Methods:</strong> It was included 35 obese (study group) and 30 normal individuals (control group). Patients with retinal diseases and retinal treatments were excluded. The images were obtained using the Topcon<span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-family:Roboto, " white-space:normal;background-color:#d46399;"=""><span style="color:#000000;"><sup><span style="color:#000000;font-family:Roboto, " white-space:normal;background-color:#d46399;"=""><span style="white-space:nowrap;">®</span></span></sup></span>;</span>. <strong>Results:</strong> The mean areas of FAZ in superficial plexus (FAZ-SP) and deep plexus (FAZ-DP) were significantly greater in the study group: FAZ-SP was 405.0 ± 136.4 μm<sup>2</sup> in the obese group and 307.3 ± 78.6 μm<sup>2</sup> in the control group and in the left eye (LE) 477.1 ± 124.4 μm<sup>2</sup> in the obese group and 384.0 ± 88.7 μm<sup>2</sup> in the control group. This difference was statistically significant (RE: p = 0.0014 and LE: p = 0.0012). The mean area of the FAZ-DP was 491.0 ± 124.4 μm<sup>2</sup> (Right eye—RE) in the obese group and 384.4 ± 88.7 μm2 in the control group and in the left eye (LE) was 497.9 ± 124.1 μm<sup>2</sup> in the obese group and 484.9 ± 92.7 μm<sup>2</sup> in the control group. There were no correlations regarding FAZ-SP and FAZ-DP in both eyes with fasting blood glucose, glycated hemoglobin, total cholesterol and fractions and triglycerides. A significant association between enlargement of FAZ-DP and type 2 diabetes mellitus (p = 0.0160) was observed. <strong>Conclusion:</strong> The FAZ areas in superficial and deep plexus achieved significantly greater values in the study group. There was a significant association between a larger deep FAZ area and type 2 diabetes mellitus. It is necessary an evaluation with a larger sample size to corroborate the findings.
文摘目的:评估玻璃体切割术中保留中央凹(FSIP)或标准内界膜剥除(CMIP)治疗近视牵引性黄斑病变(MTM)的疗效及安全性。方法:计算机检索中国知网、万方、维普、PubMed、Embase、Cochrane Library、Web of Science数据库,搜集2000-01-01/2022-07-01玻璃体切割术中FSIP或CMIP治疗MTM的对比研究。比较两组患者术后最佳矫正视力(BCVA)的变化值和改善率、术后全层黄斑裂孔(FTMH)发生率、视网膜中央凹厚度(CFT)变化值、术后中心凹完全解剖复位率。结果:共12篇文献484眼纳入研究,其中FSIP组203眼,CMIP组281眼。Meta分析结果显示:FSIP组患者术后BCVA的变化值(SMD=0.52,95%CI:0.20~0.85,P=0.002)、BCVA改善率(RR=1.50,95%CI:1.22~1.85,P=0.0002)及术后FTMH发生率(RR=0.23,95%CI:0.10~0.54,P=0.0008)优于CMIP组,两组患者CFT变化值(SMD=0.04,95%CI:-0.19~0.26,P=0.75)及术后中心凹完全解剖复位率(RR=1.12,95%CI:0.94~1.32,P=0.20)比较均无差异。结论:现有证据表明,两种术式解剖改善结果相似,但在改善视觉效果及降低术后全层黄斑裂孔发生率方面,FSIP明显优于CMIP。