Purpose: To compare pseudocolor Optos ultrawidefield (UWF) retinal images with conventional real-color fundus photography (CFP) for detecting macular hyperpigmentary changes in intermediate age-related macular degeneration.
Methods: This retrospective study included 50 patients diagnosed with intermediate age-related macular degeneration. All patients underwent Optos imaging and CFP. The overall accuracy to visualize hyperpigmentation and its morphologic features was graded by two independent readers using a standardized grid. Structural and en face optical coherence tomography images were correlated with UWF and CFP images to determine spatial correspondence of pigment clumping on fundus images and hyperreflective foci on optical coherence tomography.
Results: One hundred eyes of 50 patients had hyperpigmentary changes on funduscopic examination and were included. The intragraders and intergraders agreements were high for all measurements (P < 0.001). At least one hyperpigmentary changes within the standardized grid was detected in 93% using CFP and 100% using UWF camera (P = 0.02). The total area of hyperpigmentation measured on UWF images was significantly higher than on CFP images (P < 0.001). There was a significant correlation between the presence of hyperpigmentary changes on both CFP and UWF images and hyperreflective foci on structural optical coherence tomography (P < 0.001).
Conclusion: Ultrawidefield fundus images allow high detection and accurate quantification of macular hyperpigmentary changes in intermediate age-related macular degeneration compared with conventional CFP.
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