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ArticleTranslational vision science & technology2022

Axial Stretching of Vessels in the Retinal Vascular Plexus With 3D OCT-Angiography.

Julian Johannes Kuhlmann, Kai Rothaus, Xiaoyi Jiang, Britta Heimes-Bussmann, Henrik Faatz, Marius Book, Daniel Pauleikhoff

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Julian Johannes KuhlmannFaculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Münster, Münster, Germany.
Kai RothausDepartment of Ophthalmology, St. Franziskus-Hospital, Münster, Germany.
Xiaoyi JiangFaculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Münster, Münster, Germany.
Britta Heimes-BussmannDepartment of Ophthalmology, St. Franziskus-Hospital, Münster, Germany.
Henrik FaatzDepartment of Ophthalmology, St. Franziskus-Hospital, Münster, Germany.
Marius BookDepartment of Ophthalmology, St. Franziskus-Hospital, Münster, Germany.
Daniel PauleikhoffDepartment of Ophthalmology, St. Franziskus-Hospital, Münster, Germany.

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purposeThe purpose of this study is to describe and quantify the nonpathological axial stretching in the retinal vascular plexus in three-dimensional (3D) optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) images.

methodsThe 3D vascular network underneath the inner limiting membrane of OCTA volumes was labeled as ground truth (GT) data. To analyze the cross-section area of the vessels the width and depth of the vessels in the GT data were computed and an elliptical quotient was proposed to quantify the axial stretching.

resultsA total of 21 3D OCTA volumes were labeled. It was found that the vessels in 3D OCTA images are stretched in the direction of the A-Scan by a factor of 2.46 ± 1.82 with a median of 2.24. Furthermore, a larger cross-section area leads to higher axial stretching.

conclusionsThe elliptical shape of the cross-section area of the vessel does not match with the expected pathology of the vascular network in the human eye. Therefore a correction of the volume data before a 3D analysis is recommended. TRANSLATIONAL RELEVANCE: This work gives a systematic insight to the stretched shape of vessels in 3D OCTA images and is relevant for further clinical research analyzing the 3D vascular network.

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Retinal VesselsTomography, Optical CoherenceFluorescein AngiographyHumansRetina

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