title: Advantages of using a ray-traced, three-dimensional rendering system for spectral domain Cirrus HD-OCT to visualize subtle structures of the vitreoretinal interface.
abstract: To create a ray-traced, three-dimensional display system for Cirrus high-definition optical coherence tomography (Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc., Dublin, CA) that improves the visualization of subtle structures of the vitreoretinal interface.
  
  
  
  High-definition optical coherence tomography (HD-OCT) data for epiretinal membranes (17 eyes), macular holes (11 eyes), and posterior vitreal detachments (17 eyes) were collected. A display system that visualizes the acquired data using ray-tracing algorithms was designed and compared with the Cirrus HD-OCT 2.0 advanced visualization software system. The area around the vitreoretinal interface was visualized using a 100-microm-thick internal limiting membrane (ILM) fitted slab as well as ILM and retinal pigment epithelium surface reconstructions.
  
  
  
  Subtle structures could be visualized more distinctly using the ray-traced, three-dimensional rendering software.
  
  
  
  A ray-traced visualization system improves the visualization of subtle structures in and around the vitreoretinal interface.
authors.affiliation: Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Retinology and Biomicroscopic Laser Surgery, Department of Ophthalmology, Rudolf Foundation Clinic, Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: Carl
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Glittenberg
authors.forename: Ilse
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Krebs
authors.forename: Christiane
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Falkner-Radler
authors.forename: Florian
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zeiler
authors.forename: Paulina
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Haas
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hagen
authors.forename: Susanne
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Binder