April 2014
Volume 55, Issue 13
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ARVO Annual Meeting Abstract  |   April 2014
Characteristics of an Anatomically and Geometrically Accurate Neuroretinal Rim Parameter in a Normal Population. A Multi-Centre Study
Author Affiliations & Notes
  • Balwantray C Chauhan
    Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
  • Vishva M Danthurebandara
    Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
  • Glen P Sharpe
    Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
  • Shaban Demirel
    Devers Eye Institute, Portland, OR
  • Christopher A Girkin
    Ophthalmology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
  • Alexander F Scheuerle
    Ophthalmology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
  • Christian Y Mardin
    Ophthalmology, University of Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany
  • Claude Burgoyne
    Devers Eye Institute, Portland, OR
  • Footnotes
    Commercial Relationships Balwantray Chauhan, Allergan (C), Heidelberg Engineering (C), Heidelberg Engineering (F); Vishva Danthurebandara, None; Glen Sharpe, None; Shaban Demirel, Heidelberg Engineering (F); Christopher Girkin, Heidelberg Engineering (F); Alexander Scheuerle, Heidelberg Engineering (F); Christian Mardin, Heidelberg Engineering (F); Claude Burgoyne, Heidelberg Engineering (F)
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Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science April 2014, Vol.55, 4028. doi:
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      Balwantray C Chauhan, Vishva M Danthurebandara, Glen P Sharpe, Shaban Demirel, Christopher A Girkin, Alexander F Scheuerle, Christian Y Mardin, Claude Burgoyne; Characteristics of an Anatomically and Geometrically Accurate Neuroretinal Rim Parameter in a Normal Population. A Multi-Centre Study. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2014;55(13):4028.

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Abstract
 
Purpose
 

Current optic disc margin (DM)-based neuroretinal rim assessment lacks a solid anatomic and geometric basis. Spectral domain OCT (SD-OCT)-derived Bruch’s membrane opening minimum rim width (BMO-MRW) has higher diagnostic value than DM-based measures and relates better to the visual field. We characterised BMO-MRW in a normal Caucasian population and modelled its variability on a range of ocular and demographic parameters.

 
Methods
 

Subjects aged between 20 and 90 years (approximately same number in each decade group) were enrolled in 5 centres. Inclusion criteria were: (1) normal ocular and visual field exam; (2) visual acuity ≥ 6/12 and (3) refraction within ±6 D and 2 D astigmatism. SD-OCT images of the optic nerve head (24 radial scans centred on BMO, Spectralis), acquired relative to the eye-specific fovea to BMO centre (FoBMO) axis, and ocular biometry data were obtained. Variation of BMO-MRW was analysed with respect to age, sectors relative to FoBMO axis, and BMO size and shape. BMO-MRW data were compared to an independent set of DM-based scanning laser tomography rim area (DM-RA) measurements from the Moorfields Regression Analysis database.

 
Results
 

There were 246 eyes of 246 subjects in the study. The FoBMO angle ranged +2° to -18° (median, -7°), relative to horizontal, and was not associated with axial length or refractive error. BMO area (median, 1.74 mm2) was not associated with age or axial length. The long axis orientation of BMO was predominantly vertical (with 61% of the observations between 5 and 7 ‘o’ clock relative to the FoBMO axis) and unrelated to FoBMO angle. Mean BMO-MRW declined significantly with age (R2=0.15), in sharp contrast with DM-RA (R2=0.01, Fig. 1). The steepest decline, measured in either absolute units or adjusted for the population sector mean BMO-MRW, occurred inferiorly (Fig. 2). In multivariate analyses, BMO shape, BMO area and age significantly influenced BMO-MRW explaining ~15% of its variation.

 
Conclusions
 

(1) BMO-MRW has a stronger relationship with age than DM-RA, likely indicating a more accurate marker of age-related retinal ganglion cell loss; (2) the sectoral patterns strongly mimic the sectorally related patterns of longitudinal age-related change in normals and progressive glaucoma published previously; (3) these new normative data will allow more accurate assessment of the optic nerve head for glaucoma.

   
Keywords: 550 imaging/image analysis: clinical • 629 optic nerve • 552 imaging methods (CT, FA, ICG, MRI, OCT, RTA, SLO, ultrasound)  
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