Characterization of Drusen and Hyperreflective Foci as Biomarkers for Disease Progression in Age-Related Macular Degeneration Using Artificial Intelligence in Optical Coherence Tomography.

Journal: JAMA ophthalmology
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Abstract

IMPORTANCE: The morphologic changes and their pathognomonic distribution in progressing age-related macular degeneration (AMD) are not well understood.

Authors

  • Sebastian M Waldstein
    Christian Doppler Laboratory for Ophthalmic Image Analysis (OPTIMA), Department of Ophthalmology, Medical University of Vienna, Spitalgasse 23, 1090 Vienna, Austria.
  • Wolf-Dieter Vogl
  • Hrvoje Bogunović
    Christian Doppler Laboratory for Ophthalmic Image Analysis (OPTIMA), Department of Ophthalmology, Medical University of Vienna, Spitalgasse 23, 1090 Vienna, Austria.
  • Amir Sadeghipour
    Christian Doppler Laboratory for Ophthalmic Image Analysis, Vienna Reading Center, Department of Ophthalmology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
  • Sophie Riedl
    Christian Doppler Laboratory for Ophthalmic Image Analysis, Department of Ophthalmology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
  • Ursula Schmidt-Erfurth
    Christian Doppler Laboratory for Ophthalmic Image Analysis (OPTIMA), Department of Ophthalmology, Medical University of Vienna, Spitalgasse 23, 1090 Vienna, Austria.