Objective: To evaluate the reliability of nerve fiber layer (NFL) thickness measurements by optical coherence tomography (OCT) in normal and glaucomatous eyes. Design: Prospective, comparative, observational case series and instrument validation study. Participants: Twenty-four glaucomatous patients were compared with 24 gender- and age-matched normal subjects. Methods: Each individual underwent OCT measurements of NFL thickness. Five repetitions of a series of scans on five separate occasions within a 0.5-month period were performed. Each eye was scanned at three different nerve head programs (1.5 radius [R], R = 1.73 mm, 2.0 R). For each option (1.5 R, R = 1.73 mm, and 2.0R) and region (superior, inferior, temporal, nasal, and overall mean), variance components and intraclass correlation coefficients were determined using repeated measures regression. In these models, NFL thickness, as measured by OCT, was assumed to have three variance components: intersubject, intervisit (within-subject between-dates), and intravisit (within-subject within-date). The intraclass correlation coefficient (intersubject variance/total variance) was used as a measure of reliability. Main Outcome Measures: Measurements of NFL thickness using OCT were performed. Results: Reliability values, as measured by intraclass correlation coefficients, resulted as follows: 1.5 R, 0.54/0.52 (normal/glaucoma); R = 1.73 mm, 0.50/0.50; 2.0 R, 0.49/0.50. Conclusions: Our results indicate that the recent commercially available OCT provides reliable NFL thickness measurements in both healthy and glaucomatous eyes with each circle radius tested. The greatest amount of variability can be attributed to intersubject differences.

Reliability of nerve fiber layer thickness measurements using optical coherence tomography in normal and glaucomatous eyes.

CARPINETO, Paolo;CIANCAGLINI, Marco;MASTROPASQUA, Leonardo
2003-01-01

Abstract

Objective: To evaluate the reliability of nerve fiber layer (NFL) thickness measurements by optical coherence tomography (OCT) in normal and glaucomatous eyes. Design: Prospective, comparative, observational case series and instrument validation study. Participants: Twenty-four glaucomatous patients were compared with 24 gender- and age-matched normal subjects. Methods: Each individual underwent OCT measurements of NFL thickness. Five repetitions of a series of scans on five separate occasions within a 0.5-month period were performed. Each eye was scanned at three different nerve head programs (1.5 radius [R], R = 1.73 mm, 2.0 R). For each option (1.5 R, R = 1.73 mm, and 2.0R) and region (superior, inferior, temporal, nasal, and overall mean), variance components and intraclass correlation coefficients were determined using repeated measures regression. In these models, NFL thickness, as measured by OCT, was assumed to have three variance components: intersubject, intervisit (within-subject between-dates), and intravisit (within-subject within-date). The intraclass correlation coefficient (intersubject variance/total variance) was used as a measure of reliability. Main Outcome Measures: Measurements of NFL thickness using OCT were performed. Results: Reliability values, as measured by intraclass correlation coefficients, resulted as follows: 1.5 R, 0.54/0.52 (normal/glaucoma); R = 1.73 mm, 0.50/0.50; 2.0 R, 0.49/0.50. Conclusions: Our results indicate that the recent commercially available OCT provides reliable NFL thickness measurements in both healthy and glaucomatous eyes with each circle radius tested. The greatest amount of variability can be attributed to intersubject differences.
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