Parafoveal Retinal Vascular Response to Pattern Visual Stimulation Assessed with OCT Angiography
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Wei, Eric; Jia, Yali; Tan, Ou; Fujimoto, James G.; Huang, David; Potsaid, Benjamin M.; Liu, Jonathan Jaoshin; Choi, Woo Jhon; ... Show more Show less
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We used optical coherence tomography (OCT) angiography with a high-speed swept-source OCT system to investigate retinal blood flow changes induced by visual stimulation with a reversing checkerboard pattern. The split-spectrum amplitude-decorrelation angiography (SSADA) algorithm was used to quantify blood flow as measured with parafoveal flow index (PFI), which is proportional to the density of blood vessels and the velocity of blood flow in the parafoveal region of the macula. PFI measurements were taken in 15 second intervals during a 4 minute period consisting of 1 minute of baseline, 2 minutes with an 8 Hz reversing checkerboard pattern stimulation, and 1 minute without stimulation. PFI measurements increased 6.1±4.7% (p = .001) during the first minute of stimulation, with the most significant increase in PFI occurring 30 seconds into stimulation (p<0.001). These results suggest that pattern stimulation induces a change to retinal blood flow that can be reliably measured with OCT angiography.
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2013-12Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Research Laboratory of ElectronicsJournal
PLoS ONE
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Public Library of Science
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Wei, Eric, Yali Jia, Ou Tan, Benjamin Potsaid, Jonathan J. Liu, WooJhon Choi, James G. Fujimoto, and David Huang. “Parafoveal Retinal Vascular Response to Pattern Visual Stimulation Assessed with OCT Angiography.” Edited by Samuel G. Solomon. PLoS ONE 8, no. 12 (December 2, 2013): e81343.
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1932-6203