May 2006
Volume 47, Issue 13
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ARVO Annual Meeting Abstract  |   May 2006
Comparison of the Heidelberg Retina Tomograph (HRT) Glaucoma Probability Score and Moorfields Classification for Discriminating Between Glaucoma and Healthy Eyes in the Diagnostic Innovations in Glaucoma Study (DIGS)
Author Affiliations & Notes
  • L.M. Zangwill
    Hamilton Glaucoma Center, Department of Ophthalmology, UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA
  • L. Racette
    Hamilton Glaucoma Center, Department of Ophthalmology, UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA
  • C. Bowd
    Hamilton Glaucoma Center, Department of Ophthalmology, UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA
  • F.A. Medeiros
    Hamilton Glaucoma Center, Department of Ophthalmology, UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA
  • P.A. Sample
    Hamilton Glaucoma Center, Department of Ophthalmology, UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA
  • R.N. Weinreb
    Hamilton Glaucoma Center, Department of Ophthalmology, UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA
  • Footnotes
    Commercial Relationships  L.M. Zangwill, Carl Zeiss Meditec, Heidelberg Engineering, F; Heidelberg Engineering, R; L. Racette, None; C. Bowd, None; F.A. Medeiros, Carl Zeiss Meditec, Heidelberg Engineering, F; P.A. Sample, Carl Zeiss Meditec, Welch–Allyn, Haag–Streit, F; R.N. Weinreb, Carl Zeiss Meditec, Heidelberg Engineering, F; Carl Zeiss Meditec, Heidelberg Engineering, R.
  • Footnotes
    Support  NEI EY08208 (PAS), NEI EY11008 (LMZ), Participant retention incentive grants in the form of glaucoma medication at no cost (Alcon Laboratories Inc., Allergan, Pfizer Inc., SANTEN Inc.)
Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science May 2006, Vol.47, 3629. doi:
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      L.M. Zangwill, L. Racette, C. Bowd, F.A. Medeiros, P.A. Sample, R.N. Weinreb; Comparison of the Heidelberg Retina Tomograph (HRT) Glaucoma Probability Score and Moorfields Classification for Discriminating Between Glaucoma and Healthy Eyes in the Diagnostic Innovations in Glaucoma Study (DIGS) . Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2006;47(13):3629.

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Abstract

Purpose: : To compare the Glaucoma Probability Score GPS) with the Moorfields Classification (MFC) for discriminating between glaucoma and healthy eyes using HRT version 3.0 software.

Methods: : 104 glaucoma eyes with repeatable standard automated perimetry damage and 93 normal eyes were included from the longitudinal Diagnostic Innovations in Glaucoma Study (DIGS). The severity of glaucomatous visual field defects ranged from mostly early to some severe damage (average PSD was 5.8 + 5.1 dB). HRTII software version 3.0 includes the calculation of the Glaucoma Probability Score (GPS). The GPS utilizes 2 measures of peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer shape (horizontal and vertical retinal nerve fiber layer curvature) and 3 measures of optic nerve head shape (cup depth, rim steepness and cup size) as input into a relevance vector machine learning classifier that estimates a probability of having glaucoma. No contour line or reference plane is used in the GPS calculation. The Moorfields Classification (MFC) compares measured rim area to predicted rim area adjusted for disc size to categorize eyes as outside normal limits, borderline or within normal limits. MFC relies on a contour line and reference plane for its measurements. Sensitivity, specificity and likelihood ratios were compared for both global and regional results.

Results: : The mean (95% CI) GPS was significantly higher in glaucoma eyes (70.9% (66.3,75.5%)) than normal eyes (27.2% (21.4%, 31.1%)). Using manufacturers' suggested cut–offs for GPS Global classification (>64% as outside normal limits), the sensitivity and specificity (95% CI) were 72.1% (62.8%, 79.8%) and 88.2% (80.0%, 93.3%), respectively. The sensitivity and specificity (95% CI) of the MFC result were 67.3% (57.8%, 76.5%), and 91.4% (83.9%, 95.6%), respectively. Positive likelihood ratios for regional GPS and MFC outside normal limit results ranged from 6.0 to 14.7, and 7.8 to 45.6, respectively.

Conclusions: : GPS tended to have higher sensitivities, and somewhat lower specificities and positive likelihood ratios than MFC. These results suggest that GPS can differentiate between glaucoma and healthy eyes with relatively good sensitivity and specificity.

Keywords: imaging/image analysis: clinical 
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