Reproducibility of the densitometric analysis of fluorescein angiograms. 1981

T Sandor, and F H Rhie, and J S Soeldner, and R E Gleason, and L I Rand

Computer-aided operator-interactive densitometry was applied to assess the reproducibility or retinal-fluorescein angiograms. To achieve this, the fundus camera images of glass tubings of various diameter filled with fluorescein of varying concentrations were subjected to densitometric analysis. These studies were carried out repeatedly at 9-micrometer and 29-micrometer scanning resolutions by three observers and thus the inter- and intra-operator errors could be estimated. The scanned data were analyzed as both optical densities and intensities for some of the measurements. In both analyzing modes good linearity was obtained when the densitometric response was plotted against tubing diameter for various concentrations. To determine the reproducibility of transit time and retinal circulation time analyses, a randomly selected patient's angiogram was repeatedly analyzed by three observers and compared. From these data the inter- and intra-operator errors were also determined for successive frames and the reproducibility of the area under the dye dilution curves for both arteries and veins was computed. The overall densitometric reproducibility was found to be good; however, practical usefulness of the retinal circulation time remains to be established.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D003201 Computers Programmable electronic devices designed to accept data, perform prescribed mathematical and logical operations at high speed, and display the results of these operations. Calculators, Programmable,Computer Hardware,Computers, Digital,Hardware, Computer,Calculator, Programmable,Computer,Computer, Digital,Digital Computer,Digital Computers,Programmable Calculator,Programmable Calculators
D003720 Densitometry The measurement of the density of a material by measuring the amount of light or radiation passing through (or absorbed by) the material. Densitometries
D005452 Fluoresceins A family of spiro(isobenzofuran-1(3H),9'-(9H)xanthen)-3-one derivatives. These are used as dyes, as indicators for various metals, and as fluorescent labels in immunoassays. Tetraiodofluorescein
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000792 Angiography Radiography of blood vessels after injection of a contrast medium. Arteriography,Angiogram,Angiograms,Angiographies,Arteriographies
D012171 Retinal Vessels The blood vessels which supply and drain the RETINA. Pecten Oculi,Retinal Vasculature,Retinal Blood Vessels,Retinal Blood Vessel,Retinal Vasculatures,Retinal Vessel,Vasculature, Retinal,Vessel, Retinal,Vessel, Retinal Blood

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