Xinting Liu1, Meixiao Shen1, Yimin Yuan1, Shenghai Huang1, Dexi Zhu1, Qingkai Ma1, Xinjie Ye1, Fan Lu2. 1. School of Ophthalmology and Optometry, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China. 2. School of Ophthalmology and Optometry, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China. Electronic address: lufan62@mail.eye.ac.cn.
Abstract
PURPOSE: To investigate the thickness and variation profiles of 8 intraretinal layers in myopia. DESIGN: Prospective cross-sectional study. METHODS: Young subjects with spherical equivalents ranging from +0.50 to -10.25 diopters and good corrected vision were divided into emmetropic (n = 20), low myopic (n = 50), and high myopic (n = 30) groups. Retinal images centered on the fovea along the horizontal and vertical meridians were obtained by ultrahigh-resolution optical coherence tomography (OCT). Macular images were segmented into 8 intraretinal layers by an automatic segmentation algorithm to yield thickness profiles within a 6-mm-diameter circle divided into central, pericentral, and peripheral regions. RESULTS: For intraretinal layers in the central region, the outer segment of receptors layer was thicker in the high myopic group and positively correlated with axial length. In the pericentral and peripheral regions, all layers except the ganglion cell and inner plexiform layer had thickness changes in high myopia. The total thickness of the peripheral region was less than in the emmetropic controls owing to thinner inner nuclear layer, combined Henle fiber and outer nuclear layer, and outer segment of receptors layer. Nevertheless, the thicknesses of the combined myoid and ellipsoid zone and the combined interdigitation zone and retinal pigment epithelium/Bruch complex in the peripheral region were greater than for the emmetropic controls. CONCLUSIONS: Intraretinal layer thicknesses in young high myopic eyes varied significantly from emmetropic controls, especially in the peripheral region. Ultrahigh-resolution OCT with automated segmentation can detect changes in retinal macular microstructure during the development of myopia.
PURPOSE: To investigate the thickness and variation profiles of 8 intraretinal layers in myopia. DESIGN: Prospective cross-sectional study. METHODS: Young subjects with spherical equivalents ranging from +0.50 to -10.25 diopters and good corrected vision were divided into emmetropic (n = 20), low myopic (n = 50), and high myopic (n = 30) groups. Retinal images centered on the fovea along the horizontal and vertical meridians were obtained by ultrahigh-resolution optical coherence tomography (OCT). Macular images were segmented into 8 intraretinal layers by an automatic segmentation algorithm to yield thickness profiles within a 6-mm-diameter circle divided into central, pericentral, and peripheral regions. RESULTS: For intraretinal layers in the central region, the outer segment of receptors layer was thicker in the high myopic group and positively correlated with axial length. In the pericentral and peripheral regions, all layers except the ganglion cell and inner plexiform layer had thickness changes in high myopia. The total thickness of the peripheral region was less than in the emmetropic controls owing to thinner inner nuclear layer, combined Henle fiber and outer nuclear layer, and outer segment of receptors layer. Nevertheless, the thicknesses of the combined myoid and ellipsoid zone and the combined interdigitation zone and retinal pigment epithelium/Bruch complex in the peripheral region were greater than for the emmetropic controls. CONCLUSIONS: Intraretinal layer thicknesses in young high myopic eyes varied significantly from emmetropic controls, especially in the peripheral region. Ultrahigh-resolution OCT with automated segmentation can detect changes in retinal macular microstructure during the development of myopia.
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