Journal Article

Peripapillary Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Assessment of Spectral Domain Optical Coherence Tomography and Scanning Laser Polarimetry to Diagnose Preperimetric Glaucoma

Choudhari, Nikhil S., Chaudhary, Shashikant, Garudadri, Chandra S., Rao, Harsha L., Senthil, Sirisha, Addepalli, Uday K., Yadav, Ravi K.

2014

Overview

To compare the abilities of peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) parameters of spectral domain optical coherence tomograph (SDOCT) and scanning laser polarimeter (GDx enhanced corneal compensation; ECC) in detecting preperimetric glaucoma. In a cross-sectional study, 35 preperimetric glaucoma eyes (32 subjects) and 94 control eyes (74 subjects) underwent digital optic disc photography and RNFL imaging with SDOCT and GDx ECC. Ability of RNFL parameters of SDOCT and GDx ECC to discriminate preperimetric glaucoma eyes from control eyes was compared using area under receiver operating characteristic curves (AUC), sensitivities at fixed specificities and likelihood ratios (LR). AUC of the global average RNFL thickness of SDOCT (0.786) was significantly greater (p<0.001) than that of GDx ECC (0.627). Sensitivities at 95% specificity of the corresponding parameters were 20% and 8.6% respectively. AUCs of the inferior, superior and temporal quadrant RNFL thickness parameters of SDOCT were also significantly (p<0.05) greater than the respective RNFL parameters of GDx ECC. LRs of outside normal limits category of SDOCT parameters ranged between 3.3 and 4.0 while the same of GDx ECC parameters ranged between 1.2 and 2.1. LRs of within normal limits category of SDOCT parameters ranged between 0.4 and 0.7 while the same of GDx ECC parameters ranged between 0.7 and 1.0. Abilities of the RNFL parameters of SDOCT and GDx ECC to diagnose preperimetric glaucoma were only moderate. Diagnostic abilities of the RNFL parameters of SDOCT were significantly better than that of GDx ECC in preperimetric glaucoma.

• Publisher: Public Library of Science,Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subject: Adult / Aged / Cornea / Cornea - physiopathology / Cross-Sectional Studies / Defects / Diagnostic systems / Diagnostic tests / Digital imaging / Eye / Eye (anatomy) / Family medical history / Female / Glaucoma / Glaucoma - diagnosis / Glaucoma - physiopathology / Humans / Lasers / Male / Medical diagnosis / Medical imaging / Medicine and Health Sciences / Middle Aged / Nerve Fibers / Optical Coherence Tomography / Optics / Parameter sensitivity / Parameters / Photography / Polarimeters / Polarimetry / Retina / Retina - physiopathology / Retinal Neurons - physiology / Scanning / Scanning Laser Polarimetry - methods / Sensitivity and Specificity / Studies / Tomography, Optical Coherence - methods / Visual Field Tests / Visual Fields - physiology