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Open AccessAdvancements in Imaging and Therapeutic Options for Dry Age-Related Macular Degeneration and Geographic Atrophy
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a leading cause of vision loss in the elderly, with dry AMD (d-AMD) leading to geographic atrophy (GA) and significant visual impairment. Multimodal imaging plays a cr...
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Structural and functional characterization of retinal impairment in T1DM patients without diabetic retinopathy: a 3-year longitudinal study
To analyze the progression of structural and functional retinal impairment in type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) patients with no clinical signs of diabetic retinopathy (DR) during a 3-year follow-up.
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Open AccessMacular Neovascularization Secondary to Subclinical Angioid Streaks in Age-Related Macular Degeneration: Treatment Response to Anti-VEGF at 2-Year Follow-up
To characterize the response to antivascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) treatment of macular neovascularization (MNV) secondary to age-related macular degeneration (AMD) with subclinical angioid streaks ...
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OCT angiography 2023 update: focus on diabetic retinopathy
Optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) has become part of the clinical practice and its growing applications are in continuous development. Coherently with the growing concern about the human and econ...
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Impact of intravitreal anti-VEGF therapy on intraretinal microvascular abnormalities in proliferative diabetic retinopathy
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Open AccessExpert Consensus on Geographic Atrophy in the EU: A Call for Urgent Policy Action
Geographic atrophy is an eye disease that greatly interferes with the daily lives of patients and their families, posing a serious threat to the aging European demographic. Over the past 30 months, this initia...
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Open AccessArtificial intelligence in age-related macular degeneration: state of the art and recent updates
Age related macular degeneration (AMD) represents a leading cause of vision loss and it is expected to affect 288 million people by 2040. During the last decade, machine learning technologies have shown great ...
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‘Structural OCT changes distinguishing between myopic macular haemorrhages due to choroidal neovascularization and spontaneous Bruch’s membrane rupture: the “myopic 2 binary reflective sign”
To evaluate the sensitivity and specificity of structural optical coherence tomography (OCT) in comparison to fluorescein angiography (FA) and OCT angiography (OCTA) in discerning between macular haemorrhages ...
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Deep-learning based automated quantification of critical optical coherence tomography features in neovascular age-related macular degeneration
To validate a deep learning algorithm for automated intraretinal fluid (IRF), subretinal fluid (SRF) and neovascular pigment epithelium detachment (nPED) segmentations in neovascular age-related macular degene...
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Open AccessOptical Coherence Tomography Angiography: A 2023 Focused Update on Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) has extensively enhanced our comprehension of eye microcirculation and of its associated diseases. In this narrative review, we explored the key concepts behind ...
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Combined wide-field imaging in grading diabetic retinopathy
To detect retinal neovascularization elsewhere (NVE), of the optic disc (NVD) and intraretinal microvascular abnormalities (IRMA) in treatment naive diabetic retinopathy (DR) and compare these findings by usin...
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Long-term predictors of anti-VEGF treatment response in patients with neovascularization secondary to CSCR: a longitudinal study
To identify the baseline predictors of anti-VEGF treatment response at 3 years in patients affected by choroidal neovascularization (CNV) secondary to central serous chorioretinopathy (CSCR).
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Open AccessShedding Light on Photobiomodulation Therapy for Age-Related Macular Degeneration: A Narrative Review
Photobiomodulation (PBM) relies on the pathophysiological mechanism whereby red to near-infrared light can target mitochondrial activity and promote ATP synthesis. Preclinical and clinical studies have shown p...
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Correlation between AI-measured lacquer cracks extension and development of myopic choroidal neovascularization
To investigate the correlation between the AI-measured area of the lacquer cracks (LC) at their first detection and the occurrence of a choroidal neovascularization (CNV) during the follow-up in patients affec...
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Open AccessSubclinical Angioid Streaks with Pseudodrusen: A New Phenotype of Age-Related Macular Degeneration
To describe subclinical angioid streaks (AS) as a frequent, peculiar age-related macular degeneration (AMD) phenotype, comparing features of eyes with subclinical AS with those of eyes with AMD without AS.
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Open AccessNo-Dose Photodynamic Therapy Against Half-Dose Photodynamic Therapy for Treatment of Central Serous Chorioretinopathy
This study aimed to describe the effects of no-dose full-fluence photodynamic therapy without verteporfin (no-dose PDT) and to compare no-dose PDT with half-dose verteporfin full-fluence photodynamic therapy (...
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Open AccessSubretinal Pseudocysts: A Comprehensive Analysis of this Novel OCT Finding
In current clinical practice, several optical coherence tomography (OCT) biomarkers have been proposed for the assessment of severity and prognosis of different retinal diseases. Subretinal pseudocysts are sub...
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Two potentially distinct pathways to geographic atrophy in age-related macular degeneration characterized by quantitative fundus autofluorescence
To demonstrate two distinct pathways to geographic atrophy (GA) that originate from soft drusen/ pigment epithelial detachments (PEDs) and subretinal drusenoid deposits (SDDs), respectively, and are characteri...
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Individual vs. combined imaging modalities for diagnosing neovascular central serous chorioretinopathy
To assess the diagnostic accuracy of individual and combined imaging modalities compared with multimodal imaging for the detection of choroidal neovascularization (CNV) in central serous chorioretinopathy (CSC).
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Comparison of peripheral extension, acquisition time, and image chromaticity of Optos, Clarus, and EIDON systems
To evaluate differences in acquisition time, peripheral extension, and chromaticity between 3 different commercialized ultra-wide-field (UWF) fundus cameras.