Colour photographs for screening in neovascular age-related macular degeneration: are they necessary?

Journal article

AIMS: To investigate whether optical coherence tomography (OCT) with associated infra-red images provide enough information to determine treatment decisions in the management of neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD), or whether retinal colour photography is also necessary. METHODS: In all, 87 OCT scans of 82 eyes with nAMD undergoing monitoring post ranibizumab treatment were taken using the Zeiss Stratus (Carl Zeiss Meditec, Jena, Germany; n=87) together with their correspondi...

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Authors: Hibbs, S; Smith, A; Chow, L; Downes, S

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Eye (London, England)
• Volume: 25
• Issue: 7
• Pages: 918-921
• Publication date: 2011-07-01
• DOI: 10.1038/eye.2011.90
• EISSN: 1476-5454
• ISSN: 0950-222X
• Language: English
• Keywords: Retinal Hemorrhage; Photography; Sensitivity and Specificity; Macular Degeneration; Infrared Rays; Antibodies, Monoclonal; Male; Immunologic Factors; Humans; Tomography, Optical Coherence; Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized; Female; Fundus Oculi