Figure 8: Illustration of the projection-resolved (PR) optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) algorithm.

(A) and (D) Composite cross-sectional (B-scan) images before (A) and after (D) projection resolution. In these two images, suprathreshold decorrelation signal (red) is overlaid on the structural OCT (gray scale). The threshold distinguishes flow from background noise and is based on noise statistics. (B) Original axial profile of reflectance-normalized decorrelation signal (C) The projection resolution algorithm retains suprathreshold reflectance-normalized decorrelation signal that are higher than all voxels above (voxels classified as in situ flow in real vessels) and sets the remaining signal to zero (classified as flow projection artifacts).