Disease Activity and Therapeutic Response to Pegcetacoplan for Geographic Atrophy Identified by Deep Learning-Based Analysis of OCT.

Journal: Ophthalmology
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Abstract

PURPOSE: To quantify morphological changes of the photoreceptors (PRs) and retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) layers under pegcetacoplan therapy in geographic atrophy (GA) using deep learning-based analysis of OCT images.

Authors

  • Ursula Schmidt-Erfurth
    Christian Doppler Laboratory for Ophthalmic Image Analysis (OPTIMA), Department of Ophthalmology, Medical University of Vienna, Spitalgasse 23, 1090 Vienna, Austria.
  • Julia Mai
    Department of Ophthalmology, Medical University of Vienna, Austria.
  • Gregor S Reiter
    Department of Ophthalmology and Optometry, Medical University of Vienna, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, 1090, Vienna, Austria. gregor.reiter@meduniwien.ac.at.
  • Sophie Riedl
    Christian Doppler Laboratory for Ophthalmic Image Analysis, Department of Ophthalmology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
  • Wolf-Dieter Vogl
  • Amir Sadeghipour
    Christian Doppler Laboratory for Ophthalmic Image Analysis, Vienna Reading Center, Department of Ophthalmology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
  • Alex McKeown
    Heidelberg Engineering, Heidelberg, Germany.
  • Emma Foos
    Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Boston, Massachusetts.
  • Lukas Scheibler
    Apellis Pharmaceuticals Inc, Waltham, Massachusetts, USA.
  • Hrvoje Bogunović
    Christian Doppler Laboratory for Ophthalmic Image Analysis (OPTIMA), Department of Ophthalmology, Medical University of Vienna, Spitalgasse 23, 1090 Vienna, Austria.