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Sci Rep2026;16(1)March 31, 2026Journal Article

Correlation between human expert macular fluid height assessment and fluid volume quantification in neovascular age-related macular degeneration.

Stefan Steiner1, Bianca S Gerendas1, Gabor Deak1, Oliver Leingang2, Ariadne Whitby2, Hrvoje Bogunovic3, Gregor S Reiter1, Ursula Schmidt-Erfurth4
1Department of Ophthalmology and Optometry, Medical University of Vienna, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, 1090, Vienna, Austria.
2RetInSight, Vienna, Austria.
3Institute of Artificial Intelligence, Center for Medical Data Science, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
4Department of Ophthalmology and Optometry, Medical University of Vienna, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, 1090, Vienna, Austria. ursula.schmidt-erfurth@meduniwien.ac.at.

Abstract

To investigate the association between manually measured retinal fluid heights and AI-quantified retinal fluid volumes and to explore disease activity indicated by fluid volume distributions in neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD) using an approved AI-based algorithm. This retrospective study analyzed baseline OCT data from a multicenter nAMD cohort. Manually measured maximum macula…

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