Journal article
Repeatability of nerve fiber layer thickness measurements in patients with glaucoma and without glaucoma using spectral-domain and time-domain OCT
Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology, Vol.250(2), pp.279-287
02/01/2012
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-011-1811-9
PMID: 21909812
Abstract
The aim of this work is to assess the repeatability of spectral-domain-OCT (SD-OCT) retinal nerve fiber layer thickness (RNFL) thickness measurements in a non-glaucoma group and patients with glaucoma and to compare these results to conventional time-domain-OCT (TD-OCT).
In a prospective, comparative, observational case-control study, 50 eyes of 25 non-glaucoma and 22 eyes of 11 patients with primary open angle glaucoma (POAG) were included. SD-OCT and TD-OCT circle scans were centered on the optic disc. In each eye, OCT scans were performed three times by two independent observers. RNFL thickness was measured in four quadrants around the optic disc. In addition, the overall mean RNFL thickness was assessed. Intraclass correlation coefficients (ICC) and coefficients of variation (COV) were calculated. Inter-observer and inter-OCT repeatability was visualized by using Bland-Altman analysis.
Intra-observer repeatability for TD- OCT was good with an ICCmean RNFL thickness of 0.939 in non-glaucomas and 0.980 in glaucomatous eyes. For SD-OCT, intra-observer repeatability was higher with an ICC of 0.989 for non-glaucomas and 0.997 for glaucomatous eyes. COVs for TD-OCT ranged from 2.9-7.7% in non-glaucomas and from 6.0-13.3% in glaucoma patients. COVs for SD-OCT ranged from 0.3-1% in non-glaucomas and from 0.9-2.3% in glaucomatous eyes. COVs were influenced by various factors. In the glaucoma group, COVs were significantly higher (p < 0.001) compared to the non-glaucoma group. COVs increased by a mean of 5.1% when TD-OCT was used instead of SD-OCT (p < 0.001).
SD-OCT RNFL thickness measurements in healthy volunteers and glaucoma patients showed good intra- and inter-observer repeatability. Especially in glaucomatous eyes, repeatability of SD-OCT was superior to TD-OCT.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Repeatability of nerve fiber layer thickness measurements in patients with glaucoma and without glaucoma using spectral-domain and time-domain OCT
- Creators
- Marc Toeteberg-Harms - Univ Hosp Zurich USZ, Div Ophthalmol, CH-8091 Zurich, SwitzerlandVeit Sturm - University Hospital of ZurichPascal B. Knecht - University Hospital of ZurichJens Funk - University Hospital of ZurichMarcel N. Menke - University Hospital of Bern
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology, Vol.250(2), pp.279-287
- DOI
- 10.1007/s00417-011-1811-9
- PMID
- 21909812
- NLM abbreviation
- Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol
- ISSN
- 0721-832X
- eISSN
- 1435-702X
- Publisher
- Springer Nature
- Number of pages
- 9
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 02/01/2012
- Academic Unit
- Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
- Record Identifier
- 9984696569702771
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