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Meta-analysisEye (London, England) · 2026

Anterior segment optical coherence tomography (AS-OCT) identification of anterior chamber hyper-reflective particles: a meta-analytic approach to methods and metrics.

Emma Butterworth, Jessy Choi
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Nearly 4 in 10 studies gave no size definition for anterior chamber hyper-reflective particles

Anterior segment optical coherence tomography (AS-OCT) identification of anterior chamber hyper-reflective particles: a meta-analytic approach to methods and metrics.

Emma Butterworth, Jessy Choi
Eye (London, England) · 2026
Background

Ocular inflammation, if undetected or untreated, can lead to sight loss.

Methods

This systematic review with a meta-analytic approach assessed how anterior segment optical coherence tomography detects, defines and quantifies these particles across published studies.

n = 21 studies
Results
38%
over a third of studies never defined what particle size they counted as inflammation
n = 21 studies
More results

Of 466 identified studies, 21 met eligibility criteria.

Uveitis appeared in 57% of studies, whilst 29% incorporated healthy controls.

More results

Although a correlation between SUN and anterior segment optical coherence tomography occurred, there was significant overlap between hyper-reflective particles detected by anterior segment optical coherence tomography and SUN grades.

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Conclusion

Future studies are required to address these findings, for which we propose a research agenda.

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