Open AccessUtility of noninvasive imaging modalities in a retina practice
Author(s) -
Chaitra Jayadev,
Nimesh Jain,
Sonia Sachdev,
Ashwin Mohan,
Naresh Kumar Yadav
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
indian journal of ophthalmology/indian journal of ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1998-3689
pISSN - 0301-4738
DOI - 10.4103/0301-4738.198850
Subject(s) - medicine , optical coherence tomography , fluorescein angiography , retinal , modalities , gold standard (test) , retina , angiography , radiology , ophthalmology , social science , physics , sociology , optics
Fluorescein angiography (FFA) has been the gold standard to understand, diagnose and treat retinal disorders. However, being an invasive procedure it has several limitations including adverse drug reactions. Hence, noninvasive tests that can be repeated during the course of the disease are the need of the hour. The aim of our study was to compare images of patients with retinal microvasculature pathology taken from three different imaging modalities (invasive vs. noninvasive). Lesions were detected more easily and with a greater resolution of morphology on retinal function imaging (RFI) and optical coherence tomography angiography (angio-OCT). Functional integrity of the vessels was better delineated on FFA. RFI and angio-OCT are noninvasive rapid and efficient methods to image vascular conditions with easy repeatability and negligible adverse effects.