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Visual Psychophysics / Physiological Optics - ARVO

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<strong>ARVO</strong> 2013 Annual Meeting Abstracts by Scientific Section/Group – <strong>Visual</strong> <strong>Psychophysics</strong> / <strong>Physiological</strong> <strong>Optics</strong>Methods: Fourty four eyes showing untreated nAMD were examinedwith the Heidelberg Spectralis-OCT. Pateints’ reading acuity(logRAD) was assessed using a German language reading test(Radner Lesetest), visual acuity (logMAR) was assessed usingEDTRS charts.Reading- and visual performance was evaluated with respect to thefollowing OCT-findings in the subfoveal area 500x500µm:neovascular complex (NVC), fibrovascular pigment epitheliumdetachment (fPED), serous pigment epithelium detachment (sPED),subretinal fluid (SRF), intraretinal fluid (IRF) and intraretinal cysts(IRC).Results: Of 44 eyes with nAMD mean reading acuity in logRAD was0.72 ± 0.3 and mean visual acuity in logMAR was 0.59 ± 0.28showing a strong correlation of r=0.821 spearmen (P=0,000).In general, in subfoveal NVC, the mean logRAD score was 0.84 ±0.24, whereas in NVC with additional cysts the mean logRAD scorewas 1.0 ± 0.18.With SRF, the mean logRAD was 0.58 ± 0.32, whereas with IRF themean logRAD was measured at 0.70 ± 0.35.A SPED was associated with a mean logRAD score of 0.37 ± 0.10, aFPED was associated with 0.83 ± 0.26 and FPED with additional cystrevealed a mean logRAD score of 0.92 ± 0.28.Conclusions: In nAMD, a severe deficiency in reading acuity wasobserved especially with subfoveal NVC associated with additionalcysts and fibrovascular PED overlying cysts. Morphologic changes ofthe central retina have a direct impact on reading ability.Commercial Relationships: Florian Sulzbacher, None;Christopher G. Kiss, None; Stefan Sacu, None; Marion R. Munk,None; Alexandra Kaider, None; Tamara Mittermueller, None;Philipp K. Roberts, Canon Inc. (F); Ursula Schmidt-Erfurth,Alcon (C), Bayer Healthcare (C), Novartis (C)Program Number: 5032 Poster Board Number: A0194Presentation Time: 2:45 PM - 4:30 PMDark-adapted Microperimetry In Age-related Maculopathy AndGeographic AtrophyMichael D. Crossland 1, 2 , Rola Ba-Abbad 1, 2 , Simona Degli Esposti 2 ,Adnan Tufail 2, 3 , Gary S. Rubin 1, 3 . 1 UCL Institute of Ophthalmology,London, United Kingdom; 2 Moorfields Eye Hospital NHSFoundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; 3 NIHR MoorfieldsBiomedical Research Centre for Ophthalmology, London, UnitedKingdom.Purpose: In order to evaluate the effectiveness of emergingtreatments for geographic atrophy, responsive metrics of visualfunction are required. Histological, psychophysical and questionnairedata indicate reduced rod function in age-related maculopathy (ARM)and geographic atrophy (GA). In this study we use the new test ofdark-adapted microperimetry on a cohort of patients with ARM andGA to determine the effectiveness of this test on identifying areas ofretinal abnormality.Methods: 20 patients with ARM or GA were recruited. Conventionaland dark-adapted microperimetry were performed on a modifiedmicroperimeter (MP-1S, Nidek Technologies, Italy). Perimetry mapswere registered with autofluorescence images (obtained usingSpectralis, Heidelberg Engineering, Germany; superimposed usingNavis software (Nidek Technologies, Italy)). Areas of abnormality onthe autofluorescence image were identified by an ophthalmologistmasked to microperimetry results.Results: On average, more points were not seen at the highestintensity on dark-adapted than conventional microperimetry (meannumber of points missed: conventional: 4.45, dark-adapted: 12.2;matched pairs t-test, p

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