Research & Updates

Multimodal Assessment of Incomplete Retinal Pigment Epithelial Outer Retinal Atrophy (iRORA) and Nascent Geographic Atrophy (nGA) in Age-Related Macular Degeneration (2023)

Gelique Ayala, Jeong Pak, Kenny Taylor, Cynthia Hurtenbach, Barbara Blodi, and Amitha Domalpally Abstract Purpose: To compare SD-OCT defined iRORA and nGA lesions to Fundus Autofluorescence (FAF) and Color Fundus Photography (CFP) Methods: Subjects enrolled …

A Comparison of Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration Features in OCT Angiography and Fluorescein Angiography (2013)

Jordan Winkler, Rachel Linderman, Jeong Pak, Mary Wilda, Rick Voland, Amitha Domalpally, Barbara Blodi Abstract Purpose: Numerous pathological features in neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD) can be assessed on both OCT-Angiography (OCTA) and fluorescein angiography …

Artificial Intelligence (AI) enabled pre-screening for Diabetic Retinopathy (DR) clinical trials (2022)

Nancy Barrett, Robert Slater, Roomasa Channa, Barbara Blodi, Amitha Domalpally Abstract Purpose: Preventive therapies to reduce progression of non-proliferative DR (NPDR) to proliferative DR are underway. Clinical trial enrollment criteria typically include a baseline DR …

Multimodal Imaging Evaluation of Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) in the AMD Ryan Initiative Study (ARIS) (2022)

Andrew Dieu, Cynthia Hurtenbach, Jeong W. Pak, Tiarnan D. Keenan, Frederick L. Ferris, Charles P. Wilkinson, Christine Orndahl, Traci E. Clemons, Emily Y. Chew, Amitha Domalpally Abstract Purpose: ARIS is a 5-year, multicenter, international, prospective, …

Ellipsoid Zone Status in Eyes with Retinal Vein Occlusion in the Study of COmparative Treatments for REtinal Vein Occlusion 2 (SCORE2) (2019)

Chandana Papudesu, Amitha Domalpally, Neal Oden, Paul Van Veldhuisen, Ingrid U. Scott, Michael S. Ip, Barbara A. Blodi Abstract Purpose: To evaluate the status of the ellipsoid zone (EZ) assessed by spectral domain optical coherence …

Comparison of Diabetic Retinopathy Severity Level Assessment Between Standard 7-field Imaging and Ultrawide Field Color Imaging (2019)

Kristi Dohm, Nancy Barrett, Kyle McDaniel, Barbara Blodi, Amitha Domalpally Abstract Purpose: Diabetic retinopathy has traditionally been evaluated using the Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Severity Scale (ETDRS) from 7-field (7F) stereoscopic color photographs and is …

Correlation of peripheral non-perfusion from ultrawide field fluorescein angiography to color ETDRS severity level in eyes with diabetic retinopathy (2019)

Ellie Corkery, Kyle McDaniel, Amitha Domalpally, Barbara Blodi Abstract Purpose: To assess the correlation between peripheral non-perfusion from ultrawide field fluorescein angiography (UWF FA) and Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Severity (ETDRS) level from color fundus …

Comparable Growth Rates of Bilateral Geographic Atrophy due to Age-related Macular Degeneration (2019)

Jeong W. Pak, Amitha Domalpally, Kyle McDaniel, Barbara Blodi Abstract Purpose: To evaluate growth rate and characteristics of bilateral geographic atrophy (GA) associated with age-related macular degeneration (AMD) from fundus color and autofluorescence images Methods: …

Correlation of Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography Vascular Density to Color ETDRS Severity Level in Eyes with Diabetic Retinopathy (2018)

Ellie Corkery, Amitha Domalpally, Dawn Myers, Jeong W. Pak, Ralph Trane, Barbara Blodi Abstract Purpose: Diabetic retinopathy severity is evaluated using color fundus photographs (FP) employing the Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Severity (ETDRS) scale. Optical …

Reading Center Measurement of Capillary Non-Perfusion Using Ultrawidefield (UWF) Fluorecein Angiography in Two Prospective Clinical Trials of Retinal Vein Occlusion and Diabetic Retinopathy (2017)

Ellie Corkery, Amitha Domalpally, Ruth Shaw, Kelly Warren, Sheila Watson, Barbara Blodi Abstract Purpose: According to the October 2016 Report from the NEI/FDA Diabetic Retinopathy Clinical Trial Design and Endpoints workshop (Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual …

Standardization of OCT Derived Central Retinal Thickness with Custom Segmentation Software (2017)

Gregory Sovinski, Amitha Domalpally, Dawn Myers, Yijun Huang, Barbara Blodi Abstract Purpose: Central Retinal Thickness (CRT) is a measure derived from Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) scans and is an important outcome in clinical trials. Differences …

Drusen Area Measured from Color Photographs Compared to RPE and Drusen Volume from SD-OCT in Eyes with AMD over One Year (2017)

Ronald P Danis, Amitha Domalpally, Ralph Trane, Jeong W Pak Abstract Purpose: To quantitatively evaluate the relationship between drusen area from photographs and drusen [a1.1]volume from SDOCT volume scans with respect to baseline association, AREDS …

Optical Coherence Tomography in the Evaluation of Neovascular Lesions and Serous Pigment Epithelial Detachments in Polypoidal Choroidal Vasculopathy (2016)

Eric Weinlander, Amitha Domalpally, Ellie Corkery, Barbara Blodi Abstract Purpose: Spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) has not routinely been used to measure features of polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV) due to its anatomic complexity. We …

Ultra Wide Field Autofluorescence Imaging in Age Related Macular Degeneration Optos Peripheral Retina (OPERA) Age Related Eye Disease Study 2 (AREDS2) Ancillary Study (2014)

Amitha Domalpally, Ronald Danis, Emily Chew, Srinivas Sadda, Traci Clemons, Thomas R Friberg, and the AREDS2 Research Group Abstract Purpose: To characterize abnormalities in the peripheral retina using ultrawidefield (UWF) autofluorescence (AF) images in eyes …

Evaluation of Lens Opacities Using Fundus Reflex Photographs in the Age-Related Eye Disease Study 2 (AREDS2) (2013)

Erika Treichel, Amitha Domalpally, Ronald Danis, Susan Reed, Ashwini Narkar, Traci Clemons, Emily Chew, and the AREDS2 Research Group Abstracts Purpose: To describe the methodology for evaluation of cortical and posterior subcapsular cataracts using digital …

A computer-aided manual segmentation method for Spectral Domain OCT images yields increased inter-grader reproducibility (2013)

Yijun Huang, Ronald P Danis, Jeong W. Pak, Shiyu Luo, James White, Xian Zhang, Ashwini Narkar, Amitha Domalpally Abstract Purpose: To develop a computer-aided manual segmentation method (EdgeSelect) for SD-OCT images, and compare its segmented …