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Karlsson RA, Olafsdottir OB, Helgadottir V, et al. Automation improves repeatability of retinal oximetry measurements. PLoS One. 2021;16(12):e0260120doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0260120.
Karlsson, R. A., Olafsdottir, O. B., Helgadottir, V., Belhadj, S., Eliasdottir, T. S., Stefansson, E., & Hardarson, S. H. (2021). Automation improves repeatability of retinal oximetry measurements. PloS one, 16(12), e0260120. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0260120
Karlsson, Robert Arnar, et al. "Automation improves repeatability of retinal oximetry measurements." PloS one vol. 16,12 (2021): e0260120. doi: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0260120
Karlsson RA, Olafsdottir OB, Helgadottir V, Belhadj S, Eliasdottir TS, Stefansson E, Hardarson SH. Automation improves repeatability of retinal oximetry measurements. PLoS One. 2021 Dec 16;16(12):e0260120. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0260120. eCollection 2021. PMID: 34914738; PMCID: PMC8675673.
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PLoS One. 2021 Dec 16;16(12):e0260120. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0260120. eCollection 2021.

Automation improves repeatability of retinal oximetry measurements.

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Robert Arnar Karlsson, Olof Birna Olafsdottir, Vedis Helgadottir, Soumaya Belhadj, Thorunn Scheving Eliasdottir, Einar Stefansson, Sveinn Hakon Hardarson

Affiliations

  1. Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland.
  2. Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland.
  3. The National University Hospital of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland.
  4. Eberhard Karls Universität, Tübingen, Germany.
  5. Faculty of Nursing, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland.

PMID: 34914738 PMCID: PMC8675673 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0260120

Abstract

PURPOSE: Retinal oximetry is a technique based on spectrophotometry where images are analyzed with software capable of calculating vessel oxygen saturation and vessel diameter. In this study, the effect of automation of measurements of retinal vessel oxygen saturation and vessel diameter is explored.

METHODS: Until now, operators have had to choose each vessel segment to be measured explicitly. A new, automatic version of the software automatically selects the vessels once the operator defines a measurement area. Five operators analyzed image pairs from the right eye of 23 healthy subjects with semiautomated retinal oximetry analysis software, Oxymap Analyzer (v2.5.1), and an automated version (v3.0). Inter- and intra-operator variability was investigated using the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) between oxygen saturation measurements of vessel segments in the same area of the retina.

RESULTS: For semiautomated saturation measurements, the inter-rater ICC was 0.80 for arterioles and venules. For automated saturation measurements, the inter-rater ICC was 0.97 for arterioles and 0.96 for venules. For semiautomated diameter measurements, the inter-rater ICC was 0.71 for arterioles and venules. For automated diameter measurements the inter-rater ICC was 0.97 for arterioles and 0.95 for venules. The inter-rater ICCs were different (p < 0.01) between the semiautomated and automated version in all instances.

CONCLUSION: Automated measurements of retinal oximetry values are more repeatable compared to measurements where vessels are selected manually.

Conflict of interest statement

Robert Arnar Karlsson, Sveinn Hakon Hardarson and Einar Stefánsson have commercial interest in the company Oxymap ehf. They have stock in the company, are on its board and are listed on two patents re

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