In OCT imaging, hyper-reflective areas appear as what?

In OCT imaging, hyper-reflective areas appear as what?

• A. Medium reflection
• B. No reflection
• C. High reflection
• D. Low reflection

Answer: (C)

In OCT imaging, brightness on the image corresponds to how strongly tissue backscatters the incident light. Hyper-reflective areas have unusually high backscattering due to abrupt refractive index changes or dense, organized microstructure, so they appear very bright. That is why these regions are described as high reflection. Regions with less backscattering look darker, and areas with almost no backscattered signal would be black, but hyper-reflective regions specifically stand out as high reflectivity.

In OCT imaging, brightness on the image corresponds to how strongly tissue backscatters the incident light. Hyper-reflective areas have unusually high backscattering due to abrupt refractive index changes or dense, organized microstructure, so they appear very bright. That is why these regions are described as high reflection. Regions with less backscattering look darker, and areas with almost no backscattered signal would be black, but hyper-reflective regions specifically stand out as high reflectivity.