Amitha Domalpally1, Ronald Danis2, Elvira Agrón3, Barbara Blodi2, Traci Clemons4, Emily Chew3. 1. Fundus Photograph Reading Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin. Electronic address: adomalpally@rc.ophth.wisc.edu. 2. Fundus Photograph Reading Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin. 3. National Eye Institute, Bethesda, Maryland. 4. EMMES Corporation, Rockville, Maryland.
Abstract
PURPOSE: To compare measurements of area of geographic atrophy (GA) and change in GA area from color photographs and fundus autofluorescence (FAF) images. DESIGN: The Age-Related Eye Disease Study 2 (AREDS2) was a prospective multicenter randomized clinical trial evaluating progression of dry age-related macular degeneration (AMD) using color photographs at annual visits over a 5-year study period. The FAF images were acquired in a subset of participants who joined the FAF ancillary study at any of the annual visits over the study period. PARTICIPANTS: The AREDS2 FAF ancillary study included 8070 corresponding color and FAF visits of 2202 participants with variable follow-up. METHODS: Corresponding color and FAF images were independently evaluated at a central reading center for GA area measurement, lesion growth, and involvement of the macula center. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Presence, area, growth rate of GA, and involvement of center of macula from color and FAF images. RESULTS:Hypoautofluorescence was visible in 2048 visits (25.4%). Agreement for the presence of GA between the 2 modalities had a kappa of 0.79, with 23% of visits with hypoautofluorescence not presenting with GA on color photographs. Percentage agreement for GA presence ranged from 43% at baseline to 81% at year 5 with improving agreement over time. The mean difference in GA area between the 2 modalities was 0.5 mm2, with larger areas on FAF. Growth rate of GA was 1.45 mm2 from color photographs and 1.43 mm2 from FAF images. The center of the macula was involved in 51% of color photographs and 56% with FAF images. CONCLUSIONS: Geographic atrophy may be detected earlier by the use of FAF images, but over the course of the study, the 2 modalities become comparable. Progression of GA area is comparable between color photographs and FAF images, but evaluating involvement of the center of the macula may differ, probably because of macular pigmentation blocking autofluorescence.
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PURPOSE: To compare measurements of area of geographic atrophy (GA) and change in GA area from color photographs and fundus autofluorescence (FAF) images. DESIGN: The Age-Related Eye Disease Study 2 (AREDS2) was a prospective multicenter randomized clinical trial evaluating progression of dry age-related macular degeneration (AMD) using color photographs at annual visits over a 5-year study period. The FAF images were acquired in a subset of participants who joined the FAF ancillary study at any of the annual visits over the study period. PARTICIPANTS: The AREDS2 FAF ancillary study included 8070 corresponding color and FAF visits of 2202 participants with variable follow-up. METHODS: Corresponding color and FAF images were independently evaluated at a central reading center for GA area measurement, lesion growth, and involvement of the macula center. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Presence, area, growth rate of GA, and involvement of center of macula from color and FAF images. RESULTS: Hypoautofluorescence was visible in 2048 visits (25.4%). Agreement for the presence of GA between the 2 modalities had a kappa of 0.79, with 23% of visits with hypoautofluorescence not presenting with GA on color photographs. Percentage agreement for GA presence ranged from 43% at baseline to 81% at year 5 with improving agreement over time. The mean difference in GA area between the 2 modalities was 0.5 mm2, with larger areas on FAF. Growth rate of GA was 1.45 mm2 from color photographs and 1.43 mm2 from FAF images. The center of the macula was involved in 51% of color photographs and 56% with FAF images. CONCLUSIONS:Geographic atrophy may be detected earlier by the use of FAF images, but over the course of the study, the 2 modalities become comparable. Progression of GA area is comparable between color photographs and FAF images, but evaluating involvement of the center of the macula may differ, probably because of macular pigmentation blocking autofluorescence.
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