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PurposeMean retinal sensitivity is the main output measure used in microperimetry. It is, however, of limited use in patients with poor vision because averaging is weighted toward zero in those with significant scotomas creating an artificial floor effect. In contrast, volumetric measures avoid these issues and are displayed graphically as a hill of vision.MethodsAn open-source program was created to manipulate raw sensitivity threshold data files obtained from MAIA microperimetry. Thin plate spline interpolated heat maps and three-dimensional hill of vision plots with an associated volume were generated. Retrospective analyses of microperimetry volumes were undertaken in patients with a range of retinal diseases to assess the qualitative benefits of three-dimensional visualization and volumetric measures. Simulated pathology was applied to radial grid patterns to investigate the performance of volumetric sensitivity in nonuniform grids.ResultsVolumetric analyses from microperimetry in RPGR-related retinitis pigmentosa, choroideremia, Stargardt disease, and age-related macular degeneration were analyzed. In simulated nonuniform testing grids, volumetric sensitivity was able to detect differences in retinal sensitivity where mean sensitivity could not.ConclusionsVolumetric measures do not suffer from averaging issues and demonstrate superior performance in nonuniform testing grids. Additionally, volume measures enable detection of localized retinal sensitivity changes that might otherwise be undetectable in a mean change.Translational relevanceAs microperimetry has become an outcome measure in several gene-therapy clinical trials, three-dimensional visualization and volumetric sensitivity enables a complementary analysis of baseline disease characteristics and subsequent response to treatment, both as a signal of safety and efficacy.

Original publication

DOI

10.1167/tvst.10.7.12

Type

Journal article

Journal

Translational vision science & technology

Publication Date

06/2021

Volume

10

Pages

12 - 12

Addresses

Nuffield Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford, UK.

Keywords

Retina, Humans, Eye Proteins, Retrospective Studies, Visual Acuity, Visual Fields, Visual Field Tests