TY - JOUR
T1 - Spatial correlation between hyperpigmentary changes on color fundus photography and hyperreflective foci on SDOCT in intermediate AMD
AU - Folgar, Francisco A.
AU - Chow, Jessica H.
AU - Farsiu, Sina
AU - Wong, Wai T.
AU - Schuman, Stefanie G.
AU - O'Connell, Rachelle V.
AU - Winter, Katrina P.
AU - Chew, Emily Y.
AU - Hwang, Thomas S.
AU - Srivastava, Sunil K.
AU - Harrington, Molly W.
AU - Clemons, Traci E.
AU - Toth, Cynthia A.
PY - 2012/7
Y1 - 2012/7
N2 - PURPOSE. Macular hyperpigmentation is associated with progression from intermediate to advanced age-related macular degeneration (AMD). The purpose of this study was to accurately correlate hyperpigmentary changes with spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SDOCT) hyperreflective foci in eyes with non-advanced AMD. METHODS. A prospective cross-sectional analysis of 314 eyes (314 subjects) with intermediate AMD was performed in the multicenter Age-Related Eye Disease Study 2 (AREDS2) Ancillary SDOCT Study to correlate hyperpigmentary changes on color fundus photographs (CFP) with abnormal morphology on SDOCT. Spatial coregistration was performed with an automated algorithm in two nonoverlapping subsets of 20 study eyes, which permitted double-masked CFP and SDOCT grading by certified investigators. RESULTS. Macular CFP hyperpigmentation was significantly associated with SDOCT intraretinal hyperreflective foci in the 314 study eyes (P < 0.001). In a substudy of 40 eyes, automated intermodality spatial coregistration was successfully achieved in all 136 (100%) retinal regions selected for CFP and SDOCT grading. In one subset of 20 study eyes, 28 of 39 (71.8%) retinal CFP regions with hyperpigmentation were correlated with focal hyperreflectivity on SDOCT, versus seven of 39 (17.9%) control regions (P < 0.001). In another subset of 20 eyes, 21 of 29 (72.4%) SDOCT regions with hyperreflective foci were correlated with hyperpigmentary changes on CFP, versus two of 29 (6.9%) control regions (P < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS. A novel algorithm achieves automated intermodality spatial coregistration for masked grading of regions selected on CFP and SDOCT. In intermediate AMD, macular hyperpigmentation has high spatial correlation to SDOCT hyperreflective foci and often represents the same anatomical lesion.
AB - PURPOSE. Macular hyperpigmentation is associated with progression from intermediate to advanced age-related macular degeneration (AMD). The purpose of this study was to accurately correlate hyperpigmentary changes with spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SDOCT) hyperreflective foci in eyes with non-advanced AMD. METHODS. A prospective cross-sectional analysis of 314 eyes (314 subjects) with intermediate AMD was performed in the multicenter Age-Related Eye Disease Study 2 (AREDS2) Ancillary SDOCT Study to correlate hyperpigmentary changes on color fundus photographs (CFP) with abnormal morphology on SDOCT. Spatial coregistration was performed with an automated algorithm in two nonoverlapping subsets of 20 study eyes, which permitted double-masked CFP and SDOCT grading by certified investigators. RESULTS. Macular CFP hyperpigmentation was significantly associated with SDOCT intraretinal hyperreflective foci in the 314 study eyes (P < 0.001). In a substudy of 40 eyes, automated intermodality spatial coregistration was successfully achieved in all 136 (100%) retinal regions selected for CFP and SDOCT grading. In one subset of 20 study eyes, 28 of 39 (71.8%) retinal CFP regions with hyperpigmentation were correlated with focal hyperreflectivity on SDOCT, versus seven of 39 (17.9%) control regions (P < 0.001). In another subset of 20 eyes, 21 of 29 (72.4%) SDOCT regions with hyperreflective foci were correlated with hyperpigmentary changes on CFP, versus two of 29 (6.9%) control regions (P < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS. A novel algorithm achieves automated intermodality spatial coregistration for masked grading of regions selected on CFP and SDOCT. In intermediate AMD, macular hyperpigmentation has high spatial correlation to SDOCT hyperreflective foci and often represents the same anatomical lesion.
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U2 - 10.1167/iovs.12-9813
DO - 10.1167/iovs.12-9813
M3 - Article
C2 - 22589439
AN - SCOPUS:84866910223
SN - 0146-0404
VL - 53
SP - 4626
EP - 4633
JO - Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science
JF - Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science
IS - 8
ER -