April 2011
Volume 52, Issue 14
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ARVO Annual Meeting Abstract  |   April 2011
Glaucoma Detection Combining Frequency Doubling Technology Perimetry and Scanning Laser Polarimetry with Variable Corneal Compensation
Author Affiliations & Notes
  • Jessica T. Hochberg
    Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Miami, Florida
  • Jean-Claude Mwanza
    Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Miami, Florida
  • Donald L. Budenz
    Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Miami, Florida
  • Robert T. Chang
    Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Miami, Florida
  • William J. Feuer
    Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Miami, Florida
  • Pradeep Y. Ramulu
    Wilmer/Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, Maryland
  • Footnotes
    Commercial Relationships  Jessica T. Hochberg, None; Jean-Claude Mwanza, None; Donald L. Budenz, None; Robert T. Chang, None; William J. Feuer, None; Pradeep Y. Ramulu, None
  • Footnotes
    Support  Research to Prevent Blindness, Inc., Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc., Dublin, CA, by the Heed Fellowship, and by Core Grant 16 NIH P30 EY014801
Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science April 2011, Vol.52, 5064. doi:
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      Jessica T. Hochberg, Jean-Claude Mwanza, Donald L. Budenz, Robert T. Chang, William J. Feuer, Pradeep Y. Ramulu; Glaucoma Detection Combining Frequency Doubling Technology Perimetry and Scanning Laser Polarimetry with Variable Corneal Compensation. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2011;52(14):5064.

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Abstract

Purpose: : To determine the ability of frequency doubling technology (FDT) and scanning laser polarimetry with variable corneal compensation (GDx-VCC) to detect glaucoma when used individually and in combination.

Methods: : All participants were tested with the FDT C-20-5 screening protocol and the GDx-VCC. FDT was considered abnormal if at least one of the 17 visual field locations showed reduced sensitivity on both the initial and repeat tests. A GDx-VCC was defined as abnormal if the nerve fiber index (NFI) was in the 51-100 range.

Results: : For detecting glaucoma irrespective of severity, individual sensitivities, specificities and AUCs were 84%, 82% and 0.83 for FDT, and 50%, 98%, and 0.74 for GDx, respectively. Sensitivities of FDT and GDx were 71% and 18% for detecting mild glaucoma, 94% and 81% for moderate glaucoma, and 100% and 78% for severe glaucoma, respectively. After applying a linear predictor model using a fitting and validation set, the overall sensitivity of FDTcould be increased by 13% in the validation set with a loss in specificity of about 5%. GDx sensitivity could also be increased by 42% in the fitting set and 60% in the validation while preserving the specificities.

Conclusions: : Combining FDT C-20-5 screening protocol and GDx-VCC TSNIT can improve the specificity of glaucoma detection in comparison with FDT used alone. If specificity of 80-85% is desired, then FDT alone is adequate. Although the present study was performed in a hospital setting, this combination may be useful in community-based glaucoma screening owing ease of transportability these devices, test speed and ease of administration and interpretation.

Keywords: clinical (human) or epidemiologic studies: systems/equipment/techniques 
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