April 2010
Volume 51, Issue 13
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ARVO Annual Meeting Abstract  |   April 2010
Spectralis SD-OCT and Cirrus SD-OCT: RNFL Thickness Measurement Agreement and Diagnostic Performance in Glaucoma
Author Affiliations & Notes
  • L. Beltran-Agullo
    Ophthalmology, Institut Catala  de la Retina, Barcelona, Spain
  • M. Roca-Obis
    Ophthalmology, Institut Catala  de la Retina, Barcelona, Spain
  • E. Ayala-Fuentes
    Ophthalmology, Institut Catala  de la Retina, Barcelona, Spain
  • A. Morilla-Grasa
    Ophthalmology, Institut Catala  de la Retina, Barcelona, Spain
  • A. Antón-López
    Ophthalmology, Institut Catala  de la Retina, Barcelona, Spain
  • Footnotes
    Commercial Relationships  L. Beltran-Agullo, None; M. Roca-Obis, None; E. Ayala-Fuentes, None; A. Morilla-Grasa, None; A. Antón-López, Carl Zeiss, C.
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Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science April 2010, Vol.51, 230. doi:
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      L. Beltran-Agullo, M. Roca-Obis, E. Ayala-Fuentes, A. Morilla-Grasa, A. Antón-López; Spectralis SD-OCT and Cirrus SD-OCT: RNFL Thickness Measurement Agreement and Diagnostic Performance in Glaucoma. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2010;51(13):230.

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Abstract

Purpose: : To evaluate the agreement between retinal nerve fiber layer thickness (RNFL) measurements and diagnostic ability for glaucoma detection of two different spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) devices in normal and glaucomatous eyes.

Methods: : Cross-sectional study with prospective sampling. One eye of 16 healthy subjects, 14 glaucoma suspects and 15 glaucoma patients have been enrolled. Participants were scanned in 2 sessions (within 3 months) by trained operators using the Cirrus SD-OCT (Carl Zeiss Meditec, Dublin, CA) and Spectralis SD-OCT (Heidelberg Engineering, Heidelberg, Germany). The RNFL thickness was measured with Cirrus 200x200 Optic Disc Cube mode and Spectralis RNFL algorithm. Global and sectoral RNFL thickness were compared using paired t tests. Pearson correlation analysis and Bland-Altman plots of RNFL measurements and Kappa coefficient of normative classification were used to evaluate the agreement between the 2 OCT devices.The sensitivity and specificity of both OCTs were also calculated.

Results: : Mean age was 57.78±10,49 years, 58.22±9.31 years and 60.29±24.24 years for the healthy, glaucoma suspects and glaucoma subjects respectively (p=0.90). The RNFL thickness measured by Spectralis OCT was significantly greater than that measured by Cirrus OCT (healthy and suspects, p<0.001; glaucoma, p=0.033). For Cirrus OCT, the average RNFL thickness was 94.31±7.59µm, 87.29±9.49µm and 69.87±9.89µm for the healthy, suspect and glaucoma groups respectively. For Spectralis OCT, the corresponding measurements were 102.60±9.63µm, 92.43±10.68µm and 73.31±10.91µm. Average RNFL thickness measured by Spectralis OCT and Cirrus OCT was highly correlated (r=0.95; p<0.001). There was good agreement between the normative classification of the 2 devices (k=0.60; p<0.001). Spectralis OCT demonstrated higher specificity (93.8% vs. 72.7%) than Cirrus OCT but lower sensitivity (93.3% vs 100%).

Conclusions: : Preliminary results suggest there are significant differences in RNFL thickness between Spectralis OCT and Cirrus OCT despite a good correlation of RNFL thickness measurements. Spectralis OCT offers a high sensitivity and specificity.

Keywords: nerve fiber layer • imaging methods (CT, FA, ICG, MRI, OCT, RTA, SLO, ultrasound) 
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