Evaluation of macular disease by choroidal structural analyses

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25670739
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Ophthalmology
• Research Institution: Tokyo Women's Medical University
• Principal Investigator: KOIZUMI HIDEKI 東京女子医科大学, 医学部, 准講師 (20551500)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 脈絡膜 / 加齢黄斑変性 / 光干渉断層計

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The intra-choroidal structures were analysed with the images taken by a swept-sourde optical coherence tomography . It is known that both aging and myopic shift induce the decreased choroidal thickness, but the changes in intra-choroidal sturctures appeared to be different between the two conditions. After aflibercept therapy for neovascular age-related macular degeneration, not only the choroidal thickness, but also the intra-choroidal structures appeared to be significantly altered.

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眼科学