Comparison of Geographic Atrophy Growth Rates Using Different Imaging Modalities in the COMPLETE Study

2015 ◽  
Vol 46 (4) ◽  
pp. 413-422 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zohar Yehoshua ◽  
Carlos Alexandre de Amorim Garcia Filho ◽  
Renata Portella Nunes ◽  
Giovanni Gregori ◽  
Fernando M. Penha ◽  
...  
2022 ◽  
Vol 63 (1) ◽  
pp. 20
Author(s):  
Omer Trivizki ◽  
Eric M. Moult ◽  
Liang Wang ◽  
Prashanth Iyer ◽  
Yingying Shi ◽  
...  

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stamatina A. Kabanarou ◽  
Georgios Bontzos ◽  
Tina Xirou ◽  
Zoi Kapsala ◽  
Eleni Dimitriou ◽  
...  

INTRODUCTION To evaluate the applicability of optical coherence tomography-angiography (OCT-A) for measuring geographic atrophy (GA) areas in age-related macular degeneration (AMD) patients with ‘foveal’ and ‘no foveal’ sparing disease and compare it to other imaging modalities. METHODS A multimodal imaging protocol was applied, using infrared imaging (IR), fundus autofluorescence (FAF), OCT-A and en-face OCT in 35 eyes of 23 AMD patients with GA. Patients were classified in two groups, with and without foveal sparing disease. GA area measurements for all imaging modalities were compared for each group separately. RESULTS The measured GA area was estimated 6.68 ± 3.18 mm2using IR; 6.99 ± 3.09 mm2 using FAF; 6.56 ± 3.11 mm2 using OCT-A and 6.65 ± 3.14 mm2using en-face OCT. There was no statistically significant difference in GA area between different modalities (p=0.977). When separate analysis was conducted for patients with ‘foveal’ and ‘no foveal’ sparing disease, although GA measurements in FAF imaging displayed higher numerical values compared to the other modalities, especially in patients with foveal sparing, no statistically significant difference in GA area was found between the different imaging modalities in either group (p=0.816 for foveal sparing; p=0.992 for no foveal sparing group). CONCLUSIONS OCT-A can be reliably used in the assessment of GA in AMD patients with and without foveal sparing disease. For both groups, measurements are comparable to IR, en-face OCT and FAF, despite the fact that the latter recorded larger area of GA, mainly in the foveal sparing cases.


1959 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. 51-79
Author(s):  
K. Edwards

During the last twenty or twenty-five years medieval historians have been much interested in the composition of the English episcopate. A number of studies of it have been published on periods ranging from the eleventh to the fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries. A further paper might well seem superfluous. My reason for offering one is that most previous writers have concentrated on analysing the professional circles from which the bishops were drawn, and suggesting the influences which their early careers as royal clerks, university masters and students, secular or regular clergy, may have had on their later work as bishops. They have shown comparatively little interest in their social background and provenance, except for those bishops who belonged to magnate families. Some years ago, when working on the political activities of Edward II's bishops, it seemed to me that social origins, family connexions and provenance might in a number of cases have had at least as much influence on a bishop's attitude to politics as his early career. I there fore collected information about the origins and provenance of these bishops. I now think that a rather more careful and complete study of this subject might throw further light not only on the political history of the reign, but on other problems connected with the character and work of the English episcopate. There is a general impression that in England in the later middle ages the bishops' ties with their dioceses were becoming less close, and that they were normally spending less time in diocesan work than their predecessors in the thirteenth century.


Author(s):  
J.M. Robinson ◽  
J.M Oliver

Specialized regions of plasma membranes displaying lateral heterogeneity are the focus of this Symposium. Specialized membrane domains are known for certain cell types such as differentiated epithelial cells where lateral heterogeneity in lipids and proteins exists between the apical and basolateral portions of the plasma membrane. Lateral heterogeneity and the presence of microdomains in membranes that are uniform in appearance have been more difficult to establish. Nonetheless a number of studies have provided evidence for membrane microdomains and indicated a functional importance for these structures.This symposium will focus on the use of various imaging modalities and related approaches to define membrane microdomains in a number of cell types. The importance of existing as well as emerging imaging technologies for use in the elucidation of membrane microdomains will be highlighted. The organization of membrane microdomains in terms of dimensions and spatial distribution is of considerable interest and will be addressed in this Symposium.


Author(s):  
Thomas W. Shattuck ◽  
James R. Anderson ◽  
Neil W. Tindale ◽  
Peter R. Buseck

Individual particle analysis involves the study of tens of thousands of particles using automated scanning electron microscopy and elemental analysis by energy-dispersive, x-ray emission spectroscopy (EDS). EDS produces large data sets that must be analyzed using multi-variate statistical techniques. A complete study uses cluster analysis, discriminant analysis, and factor or principal components analysis (PCA). The three techniques are used in the study of particles sampled during the FeLine cruise to the mid-Pacific ocean in the summer of 1990. The mid-Pacific aerosol provides information on long range particle transport, iron deposition, sea salt ageing, and halogen chemistry.Aerosol particle data sets suffer from a number of difficulties for pattern recognition using cluster analysis. There is a great disparity in the number of observations per cluster and the range of the variables in each cluster. The variables are not normally distributed, they are subject to considerable experimental error, and many values are zero, because of finite detection limits. Many of the clusters show considerable overlap, because of natural variability, agglomeration, and chemical reactivity.


1988 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 219-244
Author(s):  
Anton N. Hasso ◽  
John A. Ledington

VASA ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 47 (5) ◽  
pp. 361-375 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harold Goerne ◽  
Abhishek Chaturvedi ◽  
Sasan Partovi ◽  
Prabhakar Rajiah

Abstract. Although pulmonary embolism is the most common abnormality of the pulmonary artery, there is a broad spectrum of other congenital and acquired pulmonary arterial abnormalities. Multiple imaging modalities are now available to evaluate these abnormalities of the pulmonary arteries. CT and MRI are the most commonly used cross-sectional imaging modalities that provide comprehensive information on several aspects of these abnormalities, including morphology, function, risk-stratification and therapy-monitoring. In this article, we review the role of state-of-the-art pulmonary arterial imaging in the evaluation of non-thromboembolic disorders of pulmonary artery.


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