Research Article

The Diagnostic Capability of Swept Source OCT Angiography in Treatment-Naive Exudative Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration

Table 2

The diagnostic sensitivity of SS-OCTA compared to MNV subtypes as classified by dye-based angiography.

Dye-based angiographySS-OCTA
SubtypesEn-face (%)Cross- sectional (%)Overall (%)

Total n (%)158 (100)126 (79.8)23 (14.5)149 (94.3)
Type 1 MNV103 (65.2)77 (74.7)18 (17.5)95 (92.2)
Type 2 MNV7 (4.4)7 (100)07 (100)
Type 3 MNV16 (10.1)15 (93.8)1 (6.2)16 (100)
Mixed type 1 and 2 MNV17 (10.8)15 (88.2)2 (11.8)17 (100)
Polypoidal type 1 MNV15 (9.5)12 (80)2 (13.3)14 (93.3)

SS-OCTA = swept source-optical coherence tomography angiography; AMD = age-related macular degeneration; MNV = macular neovascularization.