在使用OCTA检查过程中,研究者[10-11]发现视网膜或视盘血流密度不仅与疾病的种类、年龄和眼轴等有关,也与OCTA扫描信号强度(scanning signal intensity,SSI)有关[12-14]。SSI是一个关于成像质量的重要参数,在血流密度的临床应用或研究中,为保证图片的质量,常常要求OCTA- SSI要至少达到一定的强度才能视为有效扫描(如蔡司OCTA的SSI为0~10,一般要求SSI至少为7)[14],但对于这些符合质量要求的OCTA图像,SSI是否仍然会对视网膜或视盘血流产生常影响以及可能产生什么样的影响,目前少有报道。
受试者均接受了视力、眼压、裂隙灯、眼轴和OCTA检查。最佳矫正视力使用国际标准视力表检查,眼压采用自动眼压计连续测量3次取其平均值。使用眼球生物测量仪Lenstar测量眼轴。用蔡司OCT(Cirrus 5000 HD-OCT)的200×200扫描获取视盘面积,同时记录受试者的身高、体重和血压指标,并计算BMI(body mass index,BMI)。
(A) Vessel density of ETDRS chart in optic disc using the 6 mm×6 mm scanning model of OCTA. (B)The black circle represents the central circle of ETDRS in Figure 1A (diameter: 1mm), and the white annulus area represents the area around the optic disc (length of the full circle – length of the central circle)/(area of the full circle – area of the central circle).
1、广东省基础与应用基础研究基金 (2019B1515120011);佛山市科技局项目 (1920001000811)。 This work was
supported by the Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation (2019B1515120011) and the Science and Technology Planning Project of Foshan
City (1920001000811), China.
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