Determinants of Cone and Rod Functions in Geographic Atrophy: AI-Based Structure-Function Correlation.

Journal: American journal of ophthalmology
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Abstract

PURPOSE: To investigate the association between retinal microstructure and cone and rod function in geographic atrophy (GA) secondary to age-related macular degeneration (AMD) by using artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms.

Authors

  • Maximilian Pfau
    Department of Ophthalmology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany; GRADE Reading Center, Bonn, Germany; Department of Biomedical Data Science, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA.
  • Leon von der Emde
    Department of Ophthalmology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
  • Chantal Dysli
    Department of Ophthalmology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany; Departments of Ophthalmology and Clinical Research, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital and University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
  • Philipp T Möller
    Department of Ophthalmology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany; GRADE Reading Center, Bonn, Germany.
  • Sarah Thiele
    Department of Ophthalmology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany; GRADE Reading Center, Bonn, Germany.
  • Moritz Lindner
    Department of Ophthalmology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany; Nuffield Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Sleep and Circadian Neuroscience Institute, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom; Department of Neurophysiology, Institute of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Philipps University, Marburg, Germany.
  • Matthias Schmid
    Department of Medical Biometry, Informatics and Epidemiology, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Sigmund-Freud-Str. 25, 53127 Bonn, Germany. Electronic address: schmid@imbie.meb.uni-bonn.de.
  • Daniel L Rubin
    Department of Biomedical Data Science, Stanford University School of Medicine Medical School Office Building, Stanford CA 94305-5479.
  • Monika Fleckenstein
    Department of Ophthalmology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany; GRADE Reading Center, Bonn, Germany; John A. Moran Eye Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
  • Frank G Holz
    Department of Ophthalmology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
  • Steffen Schmitz-Valckenberg
    Department of Ophthalmology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany; GRADE Reading Center, Bonn, Germany; John A. Moran Eye Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. Electronic address: Steffen.schmitz-valckenberg@ukbonn.de.