TY - JOUR
T1 - Effect of Repetitive Imaging on Topographic Measurements of the Optic Nerve Head
AU - Weinreb, Robert N.
AU - Lusky, Moshe
AU - Bartsch, Dirk Uwe
AU - Morsman, David
PY - 1993/5
Y1 - 1993/5
N2 - A confocal scanning diode laser ophthalmoscope was used to determine the number of examinations needed to obtain highly reproducible topographic measurements of the optic nerve head and peripapillary retina. —Topographic images of the optic nerve head and peripapillary retina were obtained in one randomly selected eye on five separate visits. On each occasion the selected eye had five examinations. For each examination, one image was acquired (a total of 25 images per eye). Reproducibility was calculated as the average SD of all image elements (65536 pixels). —Glaucoma referral center. —Five normal subjects and five patients with glaucoma. —Topographic imaging of the optic nerve head and peripapillary retina. —Number of examinations needed to obtain highly reproducible topographic measurements. —In healthy subjects, reproducibility with one examination per visit was 35.5 μm; this improved to 25.7 μm with three examinations and 22.5 μm with five examinations. In older patients with glaucoma, the reproducibility improved from 40.2 μm with one examination per visit to 28.5 and 24.1 μm with three and five examinations, respectively. —We recommend a series of three examinations to provide high reproducibility with optimal efficiency in terms of time and materials used.
AB - A confocal scanning diode laser ophthalmoscope was used to determine the number of examinations needed to obtain highly reproducible topographic measurements of the optic nerve head and peripapillary retina. —Topographic images of the optic nerve head and peripapillary retina were obtained in one randomly selected eye on five separate visits. On each occasion the selected eye had five examinations. For each examination, one image was acquired (a total of 25 images per eye). Reproducibility was calculated as the average SD of all image elements (65536 pixels). —Glaucoma referral center. —Five normal subjects and five patients with glaucoma. —Topographic imaging of the optic nerve head and peripapillary retina. —Number of examinations needed to obtain highly reproducible topographic measurements. —In healthy subjects, reproducibility with one examination per visit was 35.5 μm; this improved to 25.7 μm with three examinations and 22.5 μm with five examinations. In older patients with glaucoma, the reproducibility improved from 40.2 μm with one examination per visit to 28.5 and 24.1 μm with three and five examinations, respectively. —We recommend a series of three examinations to provide high reproducibility with optimal efficiency in terms of time and materials used.
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U2 - 10.1001/archopht.1993.01090050070031
DO - 10.1001/archopht.1993.01090050070031
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AN - SCOPUS:0027198822
SN - 0003-9950
VL - 111
SP - 636
EP - 638
JO - Archives of Ophthalmology
JF - Archives of Ophthalmology
IS - 5
ER -