May 2004
Volume 45, Issue 13
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ARVO Annual Meeting Abstract  |   May 2004
AGREEMENT BETWEEN SCANNING LASER POLARIMETRY (SLP) AND CONVENTIONAL PERIMETRY IN EVALUATING PROGRESSIVE GLAUCOMATOUS DAMAGE (PILOT STUDY)
Author Affiliations & Notes
  • I.S. Chalkiadakis
    Ophthalmology, Gimbel Eye Centre, Calgary, AB, Canada
  • G. Georgopoulos
    Ophthalmology, Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece
  • M. Alexiou
    Ophthalmology, Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece
  • D. Papakonstantinou
    Ophthalmology, Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece
  • D. Andreanos
    Ophthalmology, Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece
  • I. Vergados
    Ophthalmology, Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece
  • M. Moschos
    Ophthalmology, Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece
  • Footnotes
    Commercial Relationships  I.S. Chalkiadakis, None; G. Georgopoulos, None; M. Alexiou, None; D. Papakonstantinou, None; D. Andreanos, None; I. Vergados, None; M. Moschos, None.
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Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science May 2004, Vol.45, 3348. doi:
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      I.S. Chalkiadakis, G. Georgopoulos, M. Alexiou, D. Papakonstantinou, D. Andreanos, I. Vergados, M. Moschos; AGREEMENT BETWEEN SCANNING LASER POLARIMETRY (SLP) AND CONVENTIONAL PERIMETRY IN EVALUATING PROGRESSIVE GLAUCOMATOUS DAMAGE (PILOT STUDY) . Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2004;45(13):3348.

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Abstract

Abstract: : Purpose: To compare SLP and conventional automatic perimetry (AP) in evaluating progression of glaucomatous damage. Methods: Patients with ocular hypertension and patients with POAG were examined with AP and SLP at least yearly. Patients with ocular hypertension were examined also with short wavelength automatic perimetry (SWAP).Visual field defects (VFD) and progression of VFD was determined using Anderson’s criteria. VFD and progression of VFD was verified in at least two consecutive VF. For the determination of glaucoma progression in SLP software of the machine comparing serial measurements was used. Results: Thirty patients, 14 patients with POAG, and 16 patients with ocular hypertension (60 eyes) were included in the study. Mean follow –up was 47 months (12–66).Three eyes with ocular hypertension (9,4%) developed VF defects during follow up and progression of VFD verified in 4 eyes with POAG (14,3%) . Reduction of nerve fiber layer thickness (NFLT) was noted with SLP in all seven eyes. Significant reduction of NFLT was noted in a total of 10 eyes with ocular hypertension (31, 25 %) and 6 eyes with PAOG (21, 4 %). Furhermore SWAP detected VF defect in one eye with ocular hypertension and reduction of NFLT although no VF defect was seen with AP . Conclusion: The results suggest that SLP is a useful and reliable technique to detect glaucomatous progression.

Keywords: imaging/image analysis: clinical • perimetry • visual fields 
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