Spectral-domain Optical Coherence Tomography Findings in Retinal Vessel Occlusion - A Pilot Study of Detecting Ischemia in OCT

Several studies tried to classify retinal ischemia due to retinal artery or vein occlusion into different grades. In some cases prognosis is dependent on grade of severity, especially in cases of retinal vein occlusion. State of the art to Diagnose the severity of retinal ischemia is lfuorescein angiography. However, this technique is invasive and might cause Problems like anaphylactic shock. Optical coherence tomography is a non-invasive technique, but up to now there is no standardized method to quantify the grade of severity of retinal ischemia in such conditions like retinal vessel occlusion. The study hope to find criteria by which such a classification can be constructed.