May 2007
Volume 48, Issue 13
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ARVO Annual Meeting Abstract  |   May 2007
Changing the Cup-Offset Reference Plane to Enhance the Agreement Between StratusOCT and Digital Stereophotographs in the Assessment of the Cup-to-Disc Ratio
Author Affiliations & Notes
  • G. Savini
    Centro Salus, Bologna, Italy
  • E. M. Espana
    Department of Ophthalmology, University of Mississippi, Jackson, Mississippi
  • A. C. Acosta
    Hospital Oftalmologico Pedro Lagleyze, Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • C. Bellusci
    Centro Salus, Bologna, Italy
  • M. Carbonelli
    Centro Salus, Bologna, Italy
  • M. Zanini
    Centro Salus, Bologna, Italy
  • P. Barboni
    Centro Salus, Bologna, Italy
  • Footnotes
    Commercial Relationships G. Savini, None; E.M. Espana, None; A.C. Acosta, None; C. Bellusci, None; M. Carbonelli, None; M. Zanini, None; P. Barboni, None.
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Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science May 2007, Vol.48, 2586. doi:
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      G. Savini, E. M. Espana, A. C. Acosta, C. Bellusci, M. Carbonelli, M. Zanini, P. Barboni; Changing the Cup-Offset Reference Plane to Enhance the Agreement Between StratusOCT and Digital Stereophotographs in the Assessment of the Cup-to-Disc Ratio. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2007;48(13):2586.

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Abstract

Purpose:: . To study the agreement between optical coherence tomography (StratusOCT) and digital stereophotographs in the assessment of the vertical cup-to-disc ratio (VCDR) and investigate how the cup-offset reference plane should be changed to improve such an agreement.

Methods:: . StratusOCT was used to image the optic disc by the Fast Optic Nerve Head (ONH) acquisition protocol; the VCDR was measured after manual correction of the ONH edges. Thirty-degree digital stereophotographs were taken by a Topcon camera and analyzed by Imagenet 2000 using the stereo tool; two masked examiners analyzed the coupled images and measured the VCDR by an external application. The mean of the their estimation was used as a final grading. The two methods were compared by Bland-Altman plots with 95% limits of agreement (LAE). Subsequently, for each eye, the standard cup-offset (= 150 microns above the retinal pigment epithelium [RPE]) was changed so that the VCDR measurement would correspond to that obtained by stereophotograph.

Results:: . Fifty-five eyes (55 patients) were studied; the mean VCDR was 0.48±0.19 when assessed by stereophotographs and 0.52 ±0.2 when assessed by StratusOCT (p = 0.0005). In 36 cases (65.4%) such a difference was less than 0.1, a value that can be considered clinically not relevant. In 15 cases (27.2%) StratusOCT overestimated the VCDR by more than 0.1 and in 4 cases (7.2%) it underestimated the VCDR by more than 0.1. The 95% LAE were -0.21 +0.13. An ideal agreement was found by changing the StratusOCT default cup-offset to values ranging from -100 to 305 microns, depending on the cup morphology. In eyes with a deep cup (i.e. deeper than the RPE reference plane) the same VCDR as measured by stereophotographs would have been achieved by moving downward the cup-offset to a mean value of 69.1±98.1 microns, while in eyes with a shallow cup (i.e. more superficial than the RPE reference plane) it would have been obtained by moving upward the cup-offset to a mean value of 201.6±53.5 microns.Discussion. Digital stereophotographs and StratusOCT showed a moderate agreement in assessing the VCDR. Measurements by the two techniques are not interchangeable in about one third of eyes, where the two techniques result in a difference higher than 0.1.Changing the position of the cup-offset on the basis of cup depth is likely to enhance the agreement.

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