Study protocol: optical coherence tomography angiography for the detection of neovascular age-related macular degeneration: a comprehensive multicentre diagnostic accuracy study in the UK-the ATHENA study

Magdalena Niestrata, Jonathan J. Deeks, Yemisi Takwoingi, Sobha Sivaprasad, Praveen J. Patel, Pearse A. Keane, Ashleigh Kernohan, Luke Vale, Alastair K. Denniston, Richard Gale, Adam R. Khan, William McKinnon, Ridhi Agarwal, Gabriella de Salvo, Evangelos Minos, Paulo Barbeiro, Usha Chakravarthy, Nadia K. Waheed, Savita Madhusudhan, Tunde Peto, Konstantinos Balaskas

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DOI: 10.25405/ncl.34500432.v1
Published: 2026
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@article{allodium:10.25405/ncl.34500432.v1,
  title = {Study protocol: optical coherence tomography angiography for the detection of neovascular age-related macular degeneration: a comprehensive multicentre diagnostic accuracy study in the UK-the ATHENA study},
  author = {Magdalena Niestrata and Jonathan J. Deeks and Yemisi Takwoingi and Sobha Sivaprasad and Praveen J. Patel and Pearse A. Keane and Ashleigh Kernohan and Luke Vale and Alastair K. Denniston and Richard Gale and Adam R. Khan and William McKinnon and Ridhi Agarwal and Gabriella de Salvo and Evangelos Minos and Paulo Barbeiro and Usha Chakravarthy and Nadia K. Waheed and Savita Madhusudhan and Tunde Peto and Konstantinos Balaskas},
  year = {2026},
  doi = {10.25405/ncl.34500432.v1},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.25405/ncl.34500432.v1}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Study protocol: optical coherence tomography angiography for the detection of neovascular age-related macular degeneration: a comprehensive multicentre diagnostic accuracy study in the UK-the ATHENA study
AU  - Magdalena Niestrata
AU  - Jonathan J. Deeks
AU  - Yemisi Takwoingi
AU  - Sobha Sivaprasad
AU  - Praveen J. Patel
AU  - Pearse A. Keane
AU  - Ashleigh Kernohan
AU  - Luke Vale
AU  - Alastair K. Denniston
AU  - Richard Gale
AU  - Adam R. Khan
AU  - William McKinnon
AU  - Ridhi Agarwal
AU  - Gabriella de Salvo
AU  - Evangelos Minos
AU  - Paulo Barbeiro
AU  - Usha Chakravarthy
AU  - Nadia K. Waheed
AU  - Savita Madhusudhan
AU  - Tunde Peto
AU  - Konstantinos Balaskas
PY  - 2026
DO  - 10.25405/ncl.34500432.v1
UR  - https://doi.org/10.25405/ncl.34500432.v1
ER  -

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Niestrata, M., Deeks, J. J., Takwoingi, Y., Sivaprasad, S., Patel, P. J., Keane, P. A., Kernohan, A., Vale, L., Denniston, A. K., Gale, R., Khan, A. R., McKinnon, W., Agarwal, R., Salvo, G. D., Minos, E., Barbeiro, P., Chakravarthy, U., Waheed, N. K., Madhusudhan, S., Peto, T., & Balaskas, K. (2026). Study protocol: optical coherence tomography angiography for the detection of neovascular age-related macular degeneration: a comprehensive multicentre diagnostic accuracy study in the UK-the ATHENA study. https://doi.org/10.25405/ncl.34500432.v1

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