title: [Diagnostic performance of laser retinal imaging in the epiretinal membrane].
abstract: Objective:To determine the diagnostic performance of confocal scanning laser ophthalmoscope (cSLO)-based retinal imaging in the epiretinal membrane (ERM) patients.Methods:Prospective case series study. Twenty-six patients (32 eyes) with ERM determined by spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) were recruited from June 2015 to October 2015 in the Beijing Tongren Eye Center. All subjects underwent retinal imaging using the cSLO-based Heidelberg MultiColor (Spectralis HRA-2; Heidelberg Engineering) technology and the traditional color fundus camera. A special grading score was used to analyze every retinal image according to the SD-OCT results.Results:In the ERM patients, the largest average grading score in the cSLO-based retinal imaging was 3.44±0.80 with the blue and green enhanced MultiColor image, followed by the standard MultiColor image (2.84± 0.85), green laser image (2.16±0.77) and blue laser image (2.09±0.78), and they all had statistical differences compared with the grading scores of retinal imaging using the traditional color fundus camera (allP<0.001). No significant difference was found in grading scores between using the infra-red laser imaging (1.13±0.71) and the traditional color fundus camera (P=0.282).Conclusion:In the detection of ERM, the imaging quality of cSLO-based Heidelberg MultiColor technology is better than the traditional color fundus camera technology. Combined with SD-OCT sectional analysis, it can help diagnose and monitor ERM.(Chin J Ophthalmol, 2016, 52: 836-839).
authors.affiliation: Beijing Ophthalmology & Visual Science Key Laboratory; Beijing Institute of Ophthalmology, Beijing Tongren Eye Center, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100730, China.
authors.forename: Y J
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Huo
authors.forename: L L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: W B
authors.initials: WB
authors.lastname: Wei
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000068476:Beijing; D019773:Epiretinal Membrane / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007834:Lasers; D008027:Light; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009887:Ophthalmoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012160:Retina / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence