Repeatability and Reproducibility of Peripapillary Choroidal Thickness Using a Medical Image-Processing Software

• Published in: Medical hypothesis, discovery and innovation in ophthalmology Vol. 7; no. 4; pp. 163 - 168
• Main Authors: Simoes, Pedro, Silva, Pedro, Cordeiro, Miguel, Costa, Joao
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Medical Hypothesis, Discovery & Innovation Ophthalmology 2018
• Subjects: Original; Choroid; Peripapillary Choroidal Thickness; Reproducibility; Spectral-domain Optical Coherence Tomography

Although choroid has been shown to have a vital role in the pathophysiology of many ocular diseases, its role in the pathogenesis of several other conditions remains uncertain. The authors propose a novel methodology to establish a more accurate Peripapillary Choroidal Thickness (PPCT), using an ima...