Effect of scan quality on diagnostic accuracy of spectral domain optical coherence tomography in glaucoma – Accepted Manuscript

Abstract: Purpose: To evaluate the effect of scan quality on the diagnostic accuracies of optic nerve head (ONH), retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) and ganglion cell complex (GCC) parameters of spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) in glaucoma.Design: Cross-sectional study.Methods: 252 eyes of 183 control subjects (mean MD: -1.84 dB) and 207 eyes of 159 glaucoma patients (mean MD: -7.31 dB) underwent ONH, RNFL and GCC scanning with SD-OCT. Scan quality of SD-OCT images was based on signal strength index (SSI) values. Influence of SSI on diagnostic accuracy of SD-OCT was evaluated by receiver operating characteristic (ROC) regression.Results: Diagnostic accuracies (Read more...)

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