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Future of OCT imaging of choroid promising
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WAIKOLOA, Hawaii — Advancements being made to spectral-domain optical coherence tomography will allow for more in-depth imaging of the choroid, a speaker said here.
The ability to quantify choroidal thickness in vivo is increasing, Nadia K. Waheed, MD, said at Retina 2013.
Nadia K. Waheed
“We all know that the choroid is very important in a lot of the retinal diseases that we often look at and treat, such as central serous chorioretinopathy, but we’ve never actually systematically looked at the choroid in these diseases,” Waheed said. “And one of the reasons for that is because the imaging modalities we have for the choroid have never been great, so a lot of our treatment and therapeutic decisions are based on looking at the retina and the effects these diseases have on the retina.”
Waheed said these circumstances are rapidly changing, as better imaging modalities to view the choroid are being developed.
Until this point, choroidal imaging has focused on measuring choroidal thickness, but more often physicians are now looking at and imaging the ultrastructure and morphology of the choroid, she said.
According to Waheed, increased information on vascular morphology of the choroid is now being added to OCT imaging devices, and automated algorithms may make analysis of choroidal thickness and morphology easier in the future.
Disclosure: Waheed has no relevant financial disclosures.