The overall five-year goals of the project are to develop novel technology to provide actionable new information through provision of live volumetric imaging during surgery, improving surgical practice and outcomes. The investigators believe this technology will enable novel ophthalmic and other microsurgeries not possible due to current limitations in surgical visualization.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
262
This is translational study in which subjects will either be imaged with a microscope integrated optical coherence tomography (MIOCT) system or they will use MIOCT during surgical procedures. OCT systems are optical imaging technology that allow non-contact imaging of the microanatomy of the retina, cornea, optic nerve head and retinal blood vessels. The MIOCT has been integrated into the surgical microscope used in retinal and anterior segment surgeries so it does not touch the eye. Unlike visible light from many examination devices, the infrared OCT beam is barely visible to the human eye as it sweeps across the retina. Thus the patient is not disturbed by the light.
Duke University Eye Center
Durham, North Carolina, United States
RECRUITINGRetinal and/or corneal microscope integrated optical coherence tomography image capture
Ability to capture images
Time frame: Year 1
Quality of retinal and/or corneal microscope integrated optical coherence tomography image capture
Quality of MIOCT images scored based on standard microanatomy and ability to detect presence or absence of ocular pathologies based on review by a masked grader.
Time frame: Year 1
Retinal vascular flow on optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) versus fluorescein angiography
Cross correlation of ability to capture vessels and vessel pathology between OCTA and fluorescein angiographic images.
Time frame: Year 1
Assessment of change in pattern of ocular vascular flow before and after standard clinical surgical steps.
Presence or absence of change in ocular morphology in pattern of vascular flow compared to prior to surgical steps
Time frame: Year 1
Assessment of change in ocular morphology before and after standard surgical steps
Presence or absence of change in ocular morphology before and after standard surgical steps
Time frame: Year 1
Estimate of subretinal fluid volume before and after surgery for retinal detachment based on surgical view versus based on OCT output
Volume estimates from surgeons analyzed relative to the postoperative calculated volume from the intraoperative MIOCT
Time frame: Year 1
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