Publications by authors named "Matt Trinh"

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  • Choroidal vascularity index (CVI) is used to evaluate the choroid in various diseases, but this study focuses on its relation to natural aging by examining 309 healthy individuals aged 20 to over 70.
  • The study found that CVI is highest in the central area of the retina compared to the periphery, yet it does not significantly change with age, despite certain choroidal area parameters declining as one gets older.
  • This research established a normative database of CVI and other choroidal metrics, aiding in differentiating between normal aging and pathological changes in future studies.
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Purpose: Outer retinal band integrity strongly predicts late age-related macular degeneration (AMD). However, it is often assessed subjectively as "continuity" using inconsistent definitions. Alternatively, "curvature" of the outer retinal bands is a quantitative metric that strongly correlates with AMD biomarkers and can screen for intermediate AMD.

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  • The study aimed to investigate how various physiological and demographic factors, along with non-ocular health conditions and medication use, impact the thickness of the peri-papillary retinal nerve fiber layer (pRNFL T) and other inner retinal measurements in healthy eyes.
  • Utilizing data from 705 participants with normal eye health, the researchers analyzed OCT scan results and compared these against several predictors, including age, sex, race, and drug usage.
  • Findings revealed significant associations between certain medications and health conditions with changes in retinal measurements, indicating that factors like systemic corticosteroids and antineoplastic agents can notably alter retinal thickness and optic nerve cup dimensions.
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Purpose: To determine if performing the isometric handgrip test (IHGT) can augment optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) vascular signal quality in eyes with macular abnormalities.

Methods: A randomized, single-blinded crossover trial was conducted including 36 participants with macular abnormalities, randomized to undergo OCTA with or without the IHGT, then crossed over to the alternate "intervention" after 1 minute. The primary outcome was OCTA signal quality after 1 minute of squeezing at 50% maximum grip strength.

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Visual fields under mesopic and scotopic lighting are increasingly being used for macular functional assessment. This review evaluates its statistical significance and clinical relevance, and the optimal testing protocol for early/intermediate age-related macular degeneration (AMD). PubMed and Embase were searched from inception to 14/05/2022.

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Clinical Relevance: Clinical assessment of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) relies on biomarkers that do not necessarily reflect the contributions of vascular dysfunction. Validation of clinically accessible methods of measuring retinal vascular integrity could provide a more holistic understanding of AMD-related changes to facilitate appropriate care.

Background: There is conflicting evidence if retinal vessel calibre is significantly altered in the early stages of AMD.

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Purpose: To examine the effect of reticular pseudodrusen (RPD) on retinal and choroidal vessel perfusion (VP) topography in intermediate age-related macular degeneration (iAMD) using refined spatial analyses.

Methods: This was a retrospective cross-sectional study of 120 individuals with 30 iAMDRPD, 60 iAMDno_RPD, and 30 normal eyes, propensity-score matched by age, sex, and presence of cardiovascular-related disease. VP of the superficial and deep retinal and choriocapillaris vascular slabs was assessed from 6 × 6-mm optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) scans divided into 126 × 126 grids, with adjustment for various person- and eye-level factors.

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Purpose: Diagnosing AMD early optimizes clinical management. However, current diagnostic accuracy is limited by the subjectivity of qualitative diagnostic measures used in clinical practice. This study tests if RPE curvature could be an accurate, quantitative measure for AMD diagnosis.

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Topic: To evaluate which OCT prognostic biomarkers best predict the risk of progression from early/intermediate to late age-related macular degeneration (AMD).

Clinical Relevance: Among > 100 OCT prognostic biomarkers for AMD, it is unclear which are the most relevant for clinicians and researchers to focus on. This review evaluated which OCT biomarkers confer the greatest magnitude of prediction for progression to late AMD.

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Purpose: To examine spatial patterns of retinal sensitivity loss in the three key features of intermediate age-related macular degeneration (iAMD).

Methods: One-hundred individuals (53 iAMD, 47 normal) underwent 10-2 mesopic microperimetry testing in one eye. Pointwise sensitivities (dB) were corrected for age, sex, iAMD status, and co-presence of co-localized key iAMD features: drusen load, pigmentary abnormalities, and reticular pseudodrusen (RPD).

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This study sought to identify demographic variations in retinal thickness measurements from optical coherence tomography (OCT), to enable the calculation of cell density parameters across the neural layers of the healthy human macula. From macular OCTs (n = 247), ganglion cell (GCL), inner nuclear (INL), and inner segment-outer segment (ISOS) layer measurements were extracted using a customized high-density grid. Variations with age, sex, ethnicity, and refractive error were assessed with multiple linear regression analyses, with age-related distributions further assessed using hierarchical cluster analysis and regression models.

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Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine retinal topographical differences between intermediate age-related macular degeneration (iAMD) with reticular pseudodrusen (RPD) versus iAMD without RPD, using high-density optical coherence tomography (OCT) cluster analysis.

Methods: Single eyes from 153 individuals (51 with iAMD+RPD, 51 with iAMD, and 51 healthy) were propensity-score matched by age, sex, and refraction. High-density OCT grid-wise (60 × 60 grids, each approximately 0.

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Purpose: To topographically map all of the thickness differences in individual retinal layers between early/intermediate age-related macular degeneration (AMDearly/AMDint) and normal eyes and to determine interlayer relationships.

Methods: Ninety-six AMDtotal (48 AMDearly and 48 AMDint) and 96 normal eyes from 192 participants were propensity-score matched by age, sex, and refraction. Retrospective optical coherence tomography (OCT) macular cube scans were acquired, and high-density (60 × 60 0.

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  • There is increasing interest in functional testing for early and intermediate age-related macular degeneration (iAMD), but there's a lack of systematic evaluations of existing clinical tests.
  • A systematic review examined the use of clinical automated perimetry to assess visual field defects in early/iAMD, focusing on studies published up to October 2020.
  • Findings showed consistent evidence of worsened visual field indices in early/iAMD compared to normal eyes, though there was limited connection to real-world patient outcomes, with only one study linking visual fields to driving performance.
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Purpose: To examine individual retinal layers' location-specific patterns of thicknesses in intermediate age-related macular degeneration (iAMD) using optical coherence tomography (OCT).

Methods: OCT macular cube scans were retrospectively acquired from 84 iAMD eyes of 84 participants and 84 normal eyes of 84 participants propensity-score matched on age, sex, and spherical equivalent refraction. Thicknesses of the retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL), ganglion cell layer (GCL), inner plexiform layer (IPL), inner nuclear layer (INL), outer plexiform layer (OPL), outer nuclear layer + Henle's fiber layer (ONL+HFL), inner- and outer-segment layers (IS/OS), and retinal pigment epithelium to Bruch's membrane (RPE-BM) were calculated across an 8 × 8 grid (total 24° × 24° area).

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Purpose: To examine location-specific retinal vascular changes in intermediate age-related macular degeneration (iAMD) using age-matched, high-density en face optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) cluster analysis.

Methods: En face OCTA images of the 6 × 6 mm macular area were retrospectively acquired from 60 iAMD eyes and 60 age-matched normal eyes and then subdivided into 126 × 126 (47.62 × 47.

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Current descriptions of retinal thickness across normal age cohorts are mostly limited to global analyses, thus overlooking spatial variation across the retina and limiting spatial analyses of retinal and optic nerve disease. This retrospective cross-sectional study uses location-specific cluster analysis of 8 × 8 macular average grid-wise thicknesses to quantify topographical patterns and rates of normal, age-related changes in all individual retinal layers of 253 eyes of 253 participants across various age cohorts (n = 23-69 eyes per decade). Most retinal layers had concentric spatial cluster patterns except the retinal nerve fibre layer (RNFL) which displayed a nasal, asymmetric radial pattern.

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Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine changes in the ganglion cell layer (GCL) of individuals with intermediate age-related macular degeneration (AMD) using grid-wise analysis for macular optical coherence tomography (OCT) volume scans. We also aim to validate the use of age-correction functions for GCL thickness in diseased eyes.

Methods: OCT macular cube scans covering 30° × 25° were acquired using Spectralis spectral-domain OCT for 87 eyes with intermediate AMD, 77 age-matched normal eyes, and 254 non-age-matched normal eyes.

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Purpose: To examine changes in retinal vasculature and ganglion cell layer (GCL) thickness in intermediate age-related macular degeneration (AMD) using optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA).

Methods: Zeiss Cirrus Angioplex OCTA 6 × 6 mm scans and a macula 512 × 128 cube scans of the central retina were taken of 63 eyes with intermediate AMD and 51 control eyes. For OCTA scans, the superficial and deep capillary plexus were automatically segmented and vascular density quantified as total number of pixels contributing to the blood flow signal detectable by OCTA.

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