Choroid development and feasibility of choroidal imaging in the preterm and term infants utilizing SD-OCT.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To determine whether choroidal imaging is feasible in preterm and term infants using an 840-nm portable spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) system without the use of enhanced-depth imaging techniques and to assess choroidal development by comparing choroidal thickness of preterm infants, term infants, and adults.

Methods

SD-OCT images were obtained from 86 preterm infants, 59 term infants, and nine adults using a portable SD-OCT system plus nine adults using a tabletop system. An unprocessed image across the macula from one randomly selected eye of each participant was selected for determination of whether the choroidal-scleral junction (CSJ) could be visualized and for measurement of choroidal thickness.

Results

Subfoveal CSJ was visualized

SUBMITTER: Moreno TA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3684216 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature