Integrating Macular Optical Coherence Tomography with Ultrawide Field Imaging in a Diabetic Retinopathy Telemedicine Program Using a Single Device.
Lloyd Paul AielloCris Martin P JacobaMohamed AshrafJerry D CavalleranoAnn M TolsonDot TollsJennifer K SunPaolo S SilvaPublished in: Retina (Philadelphia, Pa.) (2023)
Addition of SD-OCT increased the identification of macular pathology by 29.4%. Over 58.3% of the eyes thought to have any DME on UWF imaging alone were false positives by SD-OCT. The integration of SD-OCT with UWFI markedly increased detection and reduced false positive assessments of DME and macular pathology in a teleophthalmology program.