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Beach J. Pathway to Retinal Oximetry. Transl Vis Sci Technol 2014; 3:2. [PMID: 25237591 PMCID: PMC4164112 DOI: 10.1167/tvst.3.5.2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2014] [Accepted: 06/16/2014] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Events and discoveries in oxygen monitoring over the past two centuries are presented as the background from which oximetry of the human retina evolved. Achievements and the people behind them are discussed, showing parallels between the work in tissue measurements and later in the eye. Developments in the two-wavelength technique for oxygen saturation measurements in retinal vessels are shown to exploit the forms of imaging technology available over time. The last section provides a short summary of the recent research in retinal diseases using vessel oximetry.
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Man REK, Sasongko MB, Xie J, Kawasaki R, Best WJ, Noonan JE, Luu CD, Wang JJ, Lamoureux EL. Associations of retinal oximetry in persons with diabetes. Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2014; 43:124-31. [PMID: 25041320 DOI: 10.1111/ceo.12387] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2014] [Accepted: 06/23/2014] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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BACKGROUND There are limited data available on the variables that might affect retinal vessel oxygen saturation (SO₂) in diabetes. Therefore, the aim of this study is to assess factors associated with retinal oximetry values in persons with diabetes. DESIGN Clinic-based cross-sectional study. PARTICIPANTS Fifty-eight persons with diabetes aged 18+ years, recruited from the University of Melbourne, the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, and St. Vincent's Hospital (Melbourne), Australia. METHODS Retinal oximetry was performed using the oximetry module of the Vesselmap system (Imedos UG, Jena, Germany) in 92 diabetic eyes. Generalized estimating equation models were used to estimate the associations between candidate variables (age; gender; retinal capillary flow; duration of diabetes; hypertension; smoking status; presence of diabetic retinopathy [DR]; glycated haemoglobin; triglyceride; total cholesterol; finger SO₂ and ocular perfusion pressure) with retinal oximetry measures. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE Arteriolar SO₂, venular SO₂ and the arterio-venous (A-V) difference. RESULTS Of the candidate factors assessed, only the presence of DR was significantly associated with increased venular SO₂ and decreased A-V difference in unadjusted analyses. In models adjusting for age and gender and significant variables from unadjusted analyses, compared with no DR, the presence of DR was significantly associated with greater retinal venular SO₂ values (β = 3.65%, 95% confidence interval: 0.67-6.63%) and decreased A-V difference (β = -2.00%, 95% confidence interval: -3.46 to -0.53%). CONCLUSION In patients with diabetes, eyes with DR were associated with increased venular SO₂ and decreased A-V difference compared with eyes without DR, suggesting an altered metabolic state in DR.
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- Ryan E K Man
- Centre for Eye Research Australia, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
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Ramm L, Jentsch S, Peters S, Augsten R, Hammer M. Investigation of blood flow regulation and oxygen saturation of the retinal vessels in primary open-angle glaucoma. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2014; 252:1803-10. [DOI: 10.1007/s00417-014-2766-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2014] [Revised: 07/22/2014] [Accepted: 07/30/2014] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Türksever C, Valmaggia C, Orgül S, Schorderet DF, Flammer J, Todorova MG. Retinal vessel oxygen saturation and its correlation with structural changes in retinitis pigmentosa. Acta Ophthalmol 2014; 92:454-60. [PMID: 24767408 DOI: 10.1111/aos.12379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2013] [Accepted: 01/29/2014] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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PURPOSE To study the influence of retinal structural changes on oxygen saturation in retinitis pigmentosa (RP) patients. METHODS Oximetry measurements were performed on 21 eyes of 11 RP patients and compared to 24 eyes of 12 controls. Retinal oxygen saturation was measured in all major retinal arterioles (A-SO₂) and venules (V-SO₂) with an oximetry unit of the retinal vessel analyser (IMEDOS Systems UG, Jena, Germany). Oximetry data were compared with morphological changes measured by Cirrus optical coherence tomography (OCT) (Carl Zeiss Meditec, Dublin, CA, USA, macular thickness protocol). RESULTS In RP patients, the retinal A-SO₂ and V-SO₂ levels were higher at 99.3% (p = 0.001, anova based on mixed-effects model) and 66.8% (p < 0.001), respectively, and the difference between the two (A-V SO₂) was lower at 32.5% (p < 0.001), when compared to the control group (92.4%; 54.0%; 38.4%, respectively). With the RP group, the A-V SO₂ correlated positively, not only with central macular thickness, but also with retinal thickness, in zones 2 and 3 (p = 0.006, p = 0.007, p = 0.014). CONCLUSION These data indicate that oxygen metabolism was altered in RP patients. Based on our preliminary results, retinal vessel saturation correlated with structural alterations in RP. This method could be valuable in monitoring disease progression and evaluating a potential therapeutic response.
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- Cengiz Türksever
- Department of Ophthalmology; University of Basel; Basel Switzerland
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- Department of Ophthalmology; University of Basel; Basel Switzerland
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- IRO - Institut for Research in Ophthalmology; Sion Switzerland
- Department of Ophthalmology; University of Lausanne; Lausanne Switzerland
- School of Life Sciences; Federal Institute of Technology; Lausanne Switzerland
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- Department of Ophthalmology; University of Basel; Basel Switzerland
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Eysteinsson T, Hardarson SH, Bragason D, Stefánsson E. Retinal vessel oxygen saturation and vessel diameter in retinitis pigmentosa. Acta Ophthalmol 2014; 92:449-53. [PMID: 24767302 DOI: 10.1111/aos.12359] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2013] [Accepted: 12/25/2013] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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PURPOSE To assess retinal vessel oxygen saturation and retinal vessel diameter in retinitis pigmentosa. METHODS A retinal oximeter (Oxymap ehf., Reykjavik, Iceland) was used to measure retinal vessel oxygen saturation and vessel diameter in ten patients with retinitis pigmentosa (RP) (mean age 49 years, range 23-71 years). Results were compared with age- and gender-matched healthy individuals. All patients had advanced stage of the disease with visual fields restricted to the macular region. RESULTS Oxygen saturation in retinal venules was 58.0 ± 6.2% in patients with RP and 53.4 ± 4.8% in healthy subjects (p = 0.017). Oxygen saturation in retinal arterioles was not significantly different between groups (p = 0.65). The mean diameter of retinal arterioles was 8.9 ± 1.6 pixels in patients with RP and 11.4 ± 1.2 in healthy controls (p < 0.0001). The corresponding diameters for venules were 10.1 ± 1.2 (RP) and 15.3 ± 1.7 (healthy, p < 0.0001). CONCLUSIONS Increased venous saturation and decreased retinal vessel diameter suggest decreased oxygen delivery from the retinal circulation in retinitis pigmentosa. This is probably secondary to tissue atrophy and reduced oxygen consumption.
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- Thor Eysteinsson
- Physiology; University of Iceland; Reykjavik Iceland
- Ophthalmology; University of Iceland/Landspitali University Hospital; Reykjavik Iceland
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- Ophthalmology; University of Iceland/Landspitali University Hospital; Reykjavik Iceland
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- Ophthalmology; University of Iceland/Landspitali University Hospital; Reykjavik Iceland
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- Ophthalmology; University of Iceland/Landspitali University Hospital; Reykjavik Iceland
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PURPOSE To determine normal retinal oxygen saturation (SO2) values measured with retinal oximetry in a multiethnic group of healthy subjects and to evaluate the association of retinal SO2 with demographic and clinical parameters. METHODS Retinal oximetry was performed in both eyes of 61 normal healthy subjects. Global and quadrant venous (SvO2) and arterial oxygen saturation (SaO2), arteriovenous difference in SO2, and venular and arteriolar width were measured. The association of SO2 parameters with age, gender, ethnicity, refraction, iris color, history of controlled systemic hypertension, and smoking was analyzed. RESULTS Average SvO2 and SaO2 were 55.3 ± 7.1% and 90.4 ± 4.3%, respectively. All average measurements were comparable in both eyes, both genders, and among ethnic groups. Inferonasal quadrant SaO2 was higher in Asians. Age was associated with decreased SvO2 (β = -0.19; P = 0.001) and SaO2 (β = -0.11; P = 0.003). History of controlled systemic hypertension was associated with an increase in arteriovenous difference in SO2 (β = 3.99; P = 0.013). CONCLUSION This is the first description of retinal SO2 in healthy, multiethnic subjects. Aging decreases SvO2 and SaO2 and should be accounted for when interpreting retinal oximetry measurements. Other demographic and clinical parameters studied did not seem to significantly influence retinal SO2 measurements.
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Geirsdottir A, Hardarson SH, Olafsdottir OB, Stefánsson E. Retinal oxygen metabolism in exudative age-related macular degeneration. Acta Ophthalmol 2014; 92:27-33. [PMID: 24447786 DOI: 10.1111/aos.12294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2013] [Accepted: 10/03/2013] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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PURPOSE To determine whether retinal vessel oxygen saturation in patients with exudative age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is different from that of a healthy population. METHODS Oxygen saturation was measured in retinal arterioles and venules in 46 eyes of 46 treatment-naïve exudative AMD patients and 120 eyes of 120 healthy controls. Simple and multiple linear regression analyses were used to compare the two study groups. RESULTS Oxygen saturation in retinal venules increases with age in patients with exudative AMD (0.45 ± 0.19% per year; p = 0.026), while it decreases with age in healthy individuals (-0.13 ± 0.03% per year; p = 0.0002). The slopes are statistically different (ANCOVA; p = 0.0003). The reverse is true for the arteriovenous difference in oxygen saturation, which decreases with age in AMD patients (-0.29 ± 0.16% per year; p = 0.065) and increases in healthy individuals (0.12 ± 0.03% per year; p < 0.0001). At age 80 years, AMD patients have 2.7 percentage points higher venous oxygen saturation than healthy persons and 4.2 percentage points less arteriovenous difference. CONCLUSIONS The data suggest that retinal oxygen metabolism may be altered in exudative AMD. The arteriovenous difference is smaller in exudative AMD than in a healthy cohort, consistent with reduced oxygen extraction by retinal vessels in AMD patients. Further studies are needed to fully understand the role of retinal oxygen metabolism in the pathophysiology of exudative AMD.
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- Asbjorg Geirsdottir
- University of Iceland; Reykjavik Iceland
- Department of Ophthalmology; Landspítali - The National University Hospital of Iceland; Reykjavik Iceland
- St. Erik Eye Hospital; Stockholm Sweden
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- University of Iceland; Reykjavik Iceland
- Department of Ophthalmology; Landspítali - The National University Hospital of Iceland; Reykjavik Iceland
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- University of Iceland; Reykjavik Iceland
- Department of Ophthalmology; Landspítali - The National University Hospital of Iceland; Reykjavik Iceland
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The effect of simulated cataract light scatter on retinal vessel oximetry. Exp Eye Res 2013; 116:185-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2013.09.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2012] [Revised: 09/02/2013] [Accepted: 09/10/2013] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Higginson DS, Sahgal A, Lawrence MV, Moyer S, Stefanescu M, Willson AK, Qaqish B, Zanation A, Marks LB, Garg S, Chera BS. External beam radiotherapy for head and neck cancers is associated with increased variability in retinal vascular oxygenation. PLoS One 2013; 8:e69657. [PMID: 23936342 PMCID: PMC3735567 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0069657] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2013] [Accepted: 06/11/2013] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Radiation retinopathy is a possible post-treatment complication of radiation therapy. The pathophysiologic mechanism is hypothesized to be microvascular in origin, but evidence is limited. In an effort to study retinal oxygenation in these patients, we herein evaluate the repeatability and variability of retinal oximetry measurements in subjects who had previously received radiation and make comparisons to a cohort of unirradiated subjects. METHODS Using retinal oximetry, a non-invasive imaging modality, we performed in vivo measurements of arteriole (SaO2) and venule SO2 (SvO2) in subjects (n = 9, 18 retinas) who had received incidental radiation to their retinas (≥ 45 Gy to one retina) and in healthy subjects (n = 20, 40 retinas). A total of 1367 SO2 observations on 593 vessels in 29 persons were analyzed to assess three sources of variance in vessel SO2: 1) variance in repeated measurements of the same vessel ("repeatability"), 2) variance in different vessels within the same subject ("within-subject variability"), and 3) variance between subjects ("between-subject variability"). RESULTS Retinal oximetry measurements were highly repeatable in both irradiated patients and unirradiated subjects. The within-subject variability of SvO2 and SaO2 measurements constituted the highest component of variance in both groups and was significantly higher in venules vs. arterioles (relative effect size 1.8, p<0.001) and in irradiated subjects vs. unirradiated subjects (relative effect size 1.6, p<0.001). CONCLUSIONS Retinal oximetry is a highly repeatable technology and can be reliably used to study vascular oxygenation in irradiated subjects. Different vessels within the same subject exhibit a high degree of variability, suggesting that pooled analyses of multiple vessels are most likely to be informative of regional retinal oxygenation. Finally, irradiated subjects exhibited significantly higher within-subject variability in SO2 measurements, suggesting that radiation may cause regional alterations in retinal oxygen delivery and/or metabolism.
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- Daniel S. Higginson
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Ophthalmology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Department of Ophthalmology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Department of Biostatistics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Gillings School of Global Public Health, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Department of Otolaryngology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Department of Ophthalmology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
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Shahidi A, Patel S, Flanagan J, Hudson C. Regional variation in human retinal vessel oxygen saturation. Exp Eye Res 2013; 113:143-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2013.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2013] [Revised: 05/29/2013] [Accepted: 06/03/2013] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Liu T, Li H, Song W, Jiao S, Zhang HF. Fundus camera guided photoacoustic ophthalmoscopy. Curr Eye Res 2013; 38:1229-34. [PMID: 24131226 DOI: 10.3109/02713683.2013.815219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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PURPOSE To demonstrate the feasibility of fundus camera guided photoacoustic ophthalmoscopy (PAOM) system and its multimodal imaging capabilities. METHODS We integrated PAOM and a fundus camera consisting of a white-light illuminator and a high-sensitivity, high-speed CCD. The fundus camera captures both retinal anatomy and PAOM illumination at the same time to provide a real-time feedback when we position the PAOM illuminating light. We applied the integrated system to image rat eyes in vivo and used full-spectrum, visible (VIS), and near infrared (NIR) illuminations in fundus photography. RESULTS Both albino and pigmented rat eyes were imaged in vivo. During alignment, different trajectories of PAOM laser scanning were successfully visualized by the fundus camera, which reduced the PAOM alignment time from several minutes to 30 s. In albino eyes, in addition to retinal vessels, main choroidal vessels were observed using VIS-illumination, which is similar to PAOM images. In pigmented eyes, the radial striations of retinal nerve fiber layer were visualized by fundus photography using full-spectrum illumination; meanwhile, PAOM imaged both retinal vessels and the retinal pigmented epithelium melanin distribution. CONCLUSIONS The results demonstrated that PAOM can be well-integrated with fundus camera without affecting its functionality. The fundus camera guidance is faster and easier comparing with our previous work. The integrated system also set the stage for the next-step verification between oximetry methods based on PAOM and fundus photography.
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- Tan Liu
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University , Evanston, IL , USA
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Liu W, Jiao S, Zhang HF. Accuracy of retinal oximetry: a Monte Carlo investigation. JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL OPTICS 2013; 18:066003. [PMID: 23733019 PMCID: PMC3669519 DOI: 10.1117/1.jbo.18.6.066003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Retinal hemoglobin oxygen saturation (sO2) level is believed to be associated with the pathophysiology of several leading blinding diseases. Methods to properly measure retinal sO2 have been investigated for decades; however, the accuracy of retinal oximetry is still considered to be limited. The Monte Carlo simulation of photon transport in retina to examine how the accuracy of retinal oximetry is affected by local parameters is discussed. Fundus photography was simulated in a multilayer retinal model, in which a single vessel segment with 0.7 sO2 was embedded, at six optical wavelengths. Then, 200 million photons were traced in each simulation to ensure statistically stable results. The optical reflectance and energy deposit were recorded to measure sO2 using both the reflection method (existing retinal oximetry) and a new absorption method, photoacoustic ophthalmoscopy (PAOM). By varying the vessel diameter and melanin concentration in the retinal pigment epithelium, the relative error of sO2 measurement in the reflection method increased with increasing vessel diameter and melanin concentration; in comparison, the sO2 measurement was insensitive to these two parameters in PAOM. The results suggest that PAOM potentially can be a more accurate tool in quantifying retinal sO2.
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- Wenzhong Liu
- Northwestern University, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Evanston, Illinois 60208
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- Florida International University, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Miami, Florida 33174
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- Northwestern University, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Evanston, Illinois 60208
- Northwestern University, Department of Ophthalmology, Chicago, Illinois 60611
- Address all correspondence to: Hao F. Zhang, Northwestern University, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Evanston, Illinois 60208. Tel: 847-491-2946; Fax: 847-491-4928; E-mail:
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UNLABELLED ABSTRACT.: PURPOSE Malfunction of retinal blood flow or oxygenation is believed to be involved in various diseases. Among them are retinal vessel occlusions, diabetic retinopathy and glaucoma. Reliable, non-invasive technology for retinal oxygen measurements has been scarce and most of the knowledge on retinal oxygenation comes from animal studies. This thesis describes human retinal oximetry, performed with novel retinal oximetry technology. The thesis describes studies on retinal vessel oxygen saturation in (1) light and dark in healthy volunteers, (2) central retinal vein occlusion, (3) branch retinal vein occlusion, (4) central retinal artery occlusion, (5) diabetic retinopathy, (6) patients undergoing glaucoma surgery and (7) patients taking glaucoma medication. METHODS The retinal oximeter (Oxymap ehf., Reykjavik, Iceland) is based on a fundus camera. An attached image splitter allows the simultaneous capture of four images of the same area of the fundus. Two images are used for further analysis, one acquired with 586 nm light and one with 605 nm light. Light absorbance of retinal vessels is sensitive to oxygen saturation at 605 nm but not at 586 nm. Measurement of reflected light at these wavelengths allows estimation of oxygen saturation in the main retinal vessels. This is performed with custom-made analysis software. RESULTS LIGHT AND DARK: After 30 min in the dark, oxygen saturation in retinal arterioles of healthy volunteers was 92 ± 4% (mean ± SD, n = 15). After 5 min in 80 cd/m(2) light, the arteriolar saturation was 89 ± 5%. The decrease was statistically significant (p = 0.008). The corresponding values for retinal venules were 60 ± 5% in the dark and 55 ± 10% in the light (p = 0.020). Similar results were found after alternating 5 min periods of darkness and light. In a second experiment (n = 19), a significant decrease in retinal vessel oxygen saturation was found in 100 cd/m(2) light compared with darkness but 1 and 10 cd/m(2) light had no significant effect. CENTRAL RETINAL VEIN OCCLUSION: In patients with central retinal vein occlusion, the mean saturation in affected retinal venules was 49 ± 12%, while the mean value for venules in the fellow eye was 65 ± 6% (mean ± SD, p = 0.003, n = 8). The retinal arteriolar saturation was the same in affected (99 ± 3%) and the unaffected (99 ± 6%) eyes. The venous oxygen saturation showed much variation between affected eyes. BRANCH RETINAL VEIN OCCLUSION: Median oxygen saturation in venules affected by branch retinal vein occlusion was 59% (range, 12-93%, n = 22), while it was 63% (23-80%) in unaffected venules in the affected eye and 55% (39-80%) in venules in the fellow eye. The difference was not statistically significant (p > 0.05). There was a significant difference between affected arterioles (median 101%; range, 89-115%) and unaffected arterioles (95%, 85-104%) in the affected eye (p < 0.05, n = 18). CENTRAL RETINAL ARTERY OCCLUSION: In a patient with a day's history of central retinal artery occlusion due to temporal arteritis, the mean arteriolar saturation was 71 ± 9% and 63 ± 9% in the venules. One month later, after treatment with prednisolone, the mean arteriolar saturation was 100 ± 4% and the venous saturation 54 ± 5%. DIABETIC RETINOPATHY: When compared with healthy volunteers (n = 31), patients with all categories of diabetic retinopathy had on average 7-10 percentage points higher saturation in retinal arterioles (p < 0.05 for all categories, n = 6-8 in each category). In venules, the saturation was 8-12 percentage points higher (p < 0.05 for all categories). GLAUCOMA SURGERY: Oxygen saturation in retinal arterioles increased by 2 percentage points on average (p = 0.046, n = 19) with surgery, which lowered intraocular pressure from 23 ± 7 mmHg (mean ± SD) to 10 ± 4 mmHg (p < 0.0001). No other significant changes were found (p ≥ 0.35). DORZOLAMIDE: A significant reduction of 3 percentage points was found in arterioles (p < 0.01) and venules (p < 0.05) when patients with glaucoma or ocular hypertension changed from dorzolamide-timolol combination eye drops to timolol alone (n = 6). No change was found in patients, who started on timolol and switched to the combination therapy (p > 0.05, n = 7). CONCLUSIONS Dual wavelength oximetry can be used to non-invasively measure retinal vessel oxygen saturation in health and disease. The results indicate that retinal vessel oxygen saturation is (1) increased in the dark, (2) lower in venules affected by central retinal vein occlusions, (3) variable in branch retinal vein occlusion, (4) lower in retinal arterioles in central retinal artery occlusion, (5) increased in diabetic retinopathy, (6-7) mildly affected by glaucoma surgery or dorzolamide.
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Ye Y, Jiang H, Shen M, Lam BL, DeBuc DC, Ge L, Sehi M, Wang J. Retinal oximetry using ultrahigh-resolution optical coherence tomography. Clin Ophthalmol 2012; 6:2085-92. [PMID: 23271891 PMCID: PMC3526916 DOI: 10.2147/opth.s37774] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to investigate the repeatability of retinal oximetry using slit-lamp adapted ultrahigh-resolution optical coherence tomography (SL-UHR-OCT). METHODS SL-UHR-OCT was developed and fringe patterns were obtained for a major retinal artery and a major retinal vein. A-scans at the central wavelengths of 805 nm and 855 nm were analyzed for calculating optical density ratios (ODRs), from which the percentage oxygen saturation was calculated. Measurements were made on two occasions for each person. Repeatability and coefficients of repeatability were calculated. RESULTS The mean ODRs of the artery were 0.79 ± 0.86 and 0.88 ± 0.97 in sessions 1 and 2, respectively. The mean ODRs of the vein were -0.08 ± 0.69 and 0.14 ± 0.77 between the two sessions, and were significantly lower than that of the artery (P < 0.05). The coefficients of repeatability were 1.44 and 1.81 for the artery and vein, respectively. The mean oxygen saturation of the major retinal artery was 94% ± 45% and 98% ± 51% in sessions 1 and 2, respectively, and the mean oxygen saturation of the major retinal vein was 48% ± 36% and 60% ± 40% between sessions. CONCLUSION Optical coherence tomographic oximetry for evaluating retinal oxygen saturation was subject to variation, although the averaged measurements in repeated sessions were matched. Further work on reducing variation will be needed.
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- Yufeng Ye
- Hangzhou First People’s Hospital, Hangzhou, China
- Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA
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- Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA
- Neurology, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA
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- School of Ophthalmology and Optometry, Wenzhou Medical College, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA
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- Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA
- School of Ophthalmology and Optometry, Wenzhou Medical College, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA
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- Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA
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Lasta M, Palkovits S, Boltz A, Schmidl D, Kaya S, Cherecheanu AP, Garhöfer G, Schmetterer L. Reproducibility of retinal vessel oxygen saturation measurements in healthy young subjects. Acta Ophthalmol 2012; 90:e616-20. [PMID: 22938808 DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2012.02513.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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PURPOSE An adequate oxygenation and perfusion is essential for the function of the inner retina. Recently, several techniques for the measurement of retinal oxygen saturation became available. We set out to evaluate reproducibility of the measurements using a modified Retinal Vessel Analyzer. METHODS A total of 20 healthy female and male subjects aged between 18 and 35 years (22.9 ± 3.9; mean ± SD) were included. The measurement of retinal oxygen saturation with the retinal oximeter employed in this study is based on optical reflectometry using the different absorption characteristics of oxygenated and deoxygenated haemoglobin. The intraclass correlation coefficients and the coefficients of variation (CV) for test-retest, short-term as well as day-to-day measurements were calculated. RESULTS The intraclass correlation coefficients were between 0.91 and 0.94 for retinal branch arteries and between 0.84 and 0.88 for retinal branch veins. In retinal arteries, we calculated a test-retest CV of 3.24 ± 3.18% for oxygen saturation measurements. In retinal veins, data were slightly less reproducible with a CV of 4.92 ± 3.57%. Short-term reproducibility of both measurement cycles on each study day was in the same range (CV in retinal arteries: 2.91 ± 2.42% and CV in retinal veins: 4.76 ± 3.14%). The day-to-day coefficient of variation was slightly higher (CV in retinal arteries: 3.97 ± 2.87% and CV in retinal veins: 6.18 ± 3.36%). CONCLUSION The reproducibility of haemoglobin oxygen saturation measurements using the retinal oximeter is acceptable. Further studies on the validity of the obtained results are, however, required.
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- Michael Lasta
- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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Jaime GRL, Kashani AH, Saati S, Martin G, Chader G, Humayun MS. Acute variations in retinal vascular oxygen content in a rabbit model of retinal venous occlusion. PLoS One 2012; 7:e50179. [PMID: 23185567 PMCID: PMC3502464 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0050179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2012] [Accepted: 10/22/2012] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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PURPOSE To study the variation in intravascular oxygen saturation (oximetry) during an acute retinal vein occlusion (RVO) using hyperspectral computed tomographic spectroscopy based oximetry measurements. METHODS Thirty rabbits were dilated and anesthetized for experiments. Baseline oximetry measurements were made using a custom-made hyperspectral computed tomographic imaging spectrometer coupled to a fundus camera. RVO were induced using argon green laser following an intravenous injection of Rose Bengal. RVO induction was confirmed by fluorescein angiography. Retinal oximetry measurements were repeated in arterial and venous branches one hour after RVO induction and up to 4 weeks afterwards. Comparison of retinal oximetry before and after vein occlusion was made using the Student T-test. RESULTS One hour after RVO induction, we observed statistically significant reductions in the intravascular oxygen saturation in temporal retinal arteries (85.1 ± 6.1% vs. 80.6 ± 6.6%; p<0.0001) and veins (71.4 ± 5.5% vs. 64.0 ± 4.7%; p<0.0001). This decrease was reversible in animals that spontaneously recannulated the vein occlusion. There were no statistically significant differences in oxygen saturation in the nasal control arteries and veins before and after temporal vein RVO induction. CONCLUSIONS We demonstrate, for the first time, acute changes in the intravascular oxygen content of retinal vessels 1 hour after RVO. These changes are reversible upon spontaneous recannulation of retinal vessels. This study demonstrates that hyperspectral computer tomographic spectroscopy based oximetry can detect physiological variations in intravascular retinal oxygen saturation. The study also provides the first qualitative and quantitative evidence of the variation in retinal vascular oxygen content directly attributable to an acute retinal vein occlusion.
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- Gilberto Raul Lopez Jaime
- Doheny Eye Institute, University of Southern California, Los Angeles California, United States of America
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- Department of Ophthalmology, William Beaumont Hospital and Associated Retinal Consultants P.C., Royal Oak, Michigan, United States of America
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- Doheny Eye Institute, University of Southern California, Los Angeles California, United States of America
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- Reichert Technologies, Buffalo, New York, United States of America
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- Doheny Eye Institute, University of Southern California, Los Angeles California, United States of America
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- Doheny Eye Institute, University of Southern California, Los Angeles California, United States of America
- Department of Ophthalmology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Departments of Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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Furukawa H, Arimoto H, Shirai T, Ooto S, Hangai M, Yoshimura N. Oximetry of retinal capillaries by multicomponent analysis. APPLIED SPECTROSCOPY 2012; 66:962-969. [PMID: 22800727 DOI: 10.1366/11-06525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Retinal oximetry of capillaries was performed for early detection of retinal vascular abnormalities, which are caused predominantly by complications of systemic circulatory diseases. As the conventional method for determining absorbance is not applicable to capillaries, multicomponent analysis was used to estimate the absorbance spectra of the retinal blood vessels. In this analysis, the capillary spectrum was classified as intermediate between those of the retinal arteries and veins, enabling relative estimation of oxygen saturation in the capillaries. This method could be useful for early recognition of disturbances in the peripheral circulation. Furthermore, a spectroscopic ophthalmoscope system based on the proposed method was developed to examine the human retina. A clinical trial of this system demonstrated that oximetry of the retinal capillaries may be an improvement over the present diagnosis for patients of malignant hypertension.
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- Hiromitsu Furukawa
- Electronics and Photonics Research Institute of AIST, Umezono 1-1-1, Tsukuba 305-8568, Japan.
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Heitmar R, Safeen S. Regional differences in oxygen saturation in retinal arterioles and venules. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2012; 250:1429-34. [DOI: 10.1007/s00417-012-1980-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2011] [Revised: 01/16/2012] [Accepted: 02/20/2012] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Kashani AH, Kirkman E, Martin G, Humayun MS. Hyperspectral computed tomographic imaging spectroscopy of vascular oxygen gradients in the rabbit retina in vivo. PLoS One 2011; 6:e24482. [PMID: 21931729 PMCID: PMC3172231 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0024482] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2011] [Accepted: 08/11/2011] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Diagnosis of retinal vascular diseases depends on ophthalmoscopic findings that most often occur after severe visual loss (as in vein occlusions) or chronic changes that are irreversible (as in diabetic retinopathy). Despite recent advances, diagnostic imaging currently reveals very little about the vascular function and local oxygen delivery. One potentially useful measure of vascular function is measurement of hemoglobin oxygen content. In this paper, we demonstrate a novel method of accurately, rapidly and easily measuring oxygen saturation within retinal vessels using in vivo imaging spectroscopy. This method uses a commercially available fundus camera coupled to two-dimensional diffracting optics that scatter the incident light onto a focal plane array in a calibrated pattern. Computed tomographic algorithms are used to reconstruct the diffracted spectral patterns into wavelength components of the original image. In this paper the spectral components of oxy- and deoxyhemoglobin are analyzed from the vessels within the image. Up to 76 spectral measurements can be made in only a few milliseconds and used to quantify the oxygen saturation within the retinal vessels over a 10–15 degree field. The method described here can acquire 10-fold more spectral data in much less time than conventional oximetry systems (while utilizing the commonly accepted fundus camera platform). Application of this method to animal models of retinal vascular disease and clinical subjects will provide useful and novel information about retinal vascular disease and physiology.
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- Amir H Kashani
- Doheny Eye Institute, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America.
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Kim SK, Kim DM, Suh MH, Kim M, Kim HC. Retinal oximetry based on nonsimultaneous image acquisition using a conventional fundus camera. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MEDICAL IMAGING 2011; 30:1577-1580. [PMID: 21478073 DOI: 10.1109/tmi.2011.2140329] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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To measure the retinal arteriole and venule oxygen saturation (SO(2)) using a conventional fundus camera, retinal oximetry based on nonsimultaneous image acquisition was developed and evaluated. Two retinal images were sequentially acquired using a conventional fundus camera with two bandpass filters (568 nm: isobestic, 600 nm: nonisobestic wavelength), one after another, instead of a built-in green filter. The images were registered to compensate for the differences caused by eye movements during the image acquisition. Retinal SO(2) was measured using two wavelength oximetry. To evaluate sensitivity of the proposed method, SO(2) in the arterioles and venules before and after inhalation of 100% O(2) were compared, respectively, in 11 healthy subjects. After inhalation of 100% O(2), SO(2) increased from 96.0 ±6.0% to 98.8% ±7.1% in the arterioles (p=0.002) and from 54.0 ±8.0% to 66.7% ±7.2% in the venules (p=0.005) (paired t-test, n=11). Reproducibility of the method was 2.6% and 5.2% in the arterioles and venules, respectively (average standard deviation of five measurements, n=11).
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- Sun Kwon Kim
- Biomedical Engineering Department, National University, Seoul, Korea.
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Hammer M, Vilser W, Riemer T, Mandecka A, Schweitzer D, Kühn U, Dawczynski J, Liemt F, Strobel J. Diabetic patients with retinopathy show increased retinal venous oxygen saturation. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2009; 247:1025-30. [PMID: 19404666 DOI: 10.1007/s00417-009-1078-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 123] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2008] [Revised: 02/20/2009] [Accepted: 03/26/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Longstanding diabetes mellitus results in a disturbed microcirculation. A new imaging oximeter was used to investigate the effect of this disturbance on retinal vessel oxygen saturation. METHODS The haemoglobin oxygen saturation was measured in the retinal arterioles and venules of 41 diabetic patients (65 +/- 12.3 years) with mild non-proliferative through proliferative diabetic retinopathy (DR). Twelve individuals (61.3 +/- 6.2 years, mean +/- standard deviation) without systemic or ocular disease were investigated as controls. Measurements were taken by an imaging oximeter (oxygen module by Imedos GmbH, Jena). This technique is based on the proportionality of the oxygen saturation and ratio of the optical density of the vessel at two wavelengths (548 nm and 610 nm). RESULTS Whereas there were no significant differences in the arterial oxygen saturation between controls and diabetic retinopathy at any stage, the venous oxygen saturation increased in diabetic patients with the severity of the retinopathy: controls 63 +/- 5%, mild non-proliferative DR 69 +/- 7%, moderate non-proliferative DR 70 +/- 5%, severe non-proliferative DR, 75 +/- 5%, and proliferative DR 75 +/- 8%. CONCLUSIONS The increase of retinal vessel oxygen saturation in diabetic retinopathy points to a diabetic microvascular alteration. This may be due to occlusions and obliterations in the capillary bead and the formation of arterio-venous shunt vessels. On the other hand, hyperglycaemia-induced endothelial dysfunction, with subsequent suppression of the endothelial NO-synthase and disturbance of the vascular auto-regulation, may contribute to retinal tissue hypoxia.
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- Martin Hammer
- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Jena, Bachstr. 18, 07740, Jena, Germany.
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