Comparison of spectral- and time-domain optical coherence tomography for retinal thickness measurements in healthy and diseased eyes.
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Journal Article
PURPOSE: To compare retinal thickness (RT) measurements obtained by spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) and time-domain OCT (TD-OCT) in eyes with and without posterior segment disease diagnoses. DESIGN: Retrospective, observational chart review. METHODS: Scans of 184 healthy and diseased eyes from 106 patients were included in the study. Pair-wise comparisons of RT measurements from SD-OCT machines from 2 different manufacturers and TD-OCT were performed for all scans and with eyes stratified by disease diagnosis. RESULTS: Foveal thickness measurements obtained from both SD-OCT machines were greater than those measured by TD-OCT, by 51.0 +/- 23.8 microm and 72.5 +/- 30.4 microm, respectively. The foveal thickness difference between the 2 SD-OCT models was 24.3 +/- 19.1 microm. Foveal thickness differences varied by disease diagnosis. CONCLUSIONS: RT measurements obtained by SD-OCT are consistently greater than those obtained by TD-OCT. RT measurement differences may vary by disease diagnosis or by SD-OCT model. Consideration of these measurement differences is essential when OCT-determined RT measurement data are used in clinical settings.
Full Text
Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Han, IC; Jaffe, GJ
Published Date
- May 2009
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 147 / 5
Start / End Page
- 847 - 858.e1
PubMed ID
- 19200530
Pubmed Central ID
- 19200530
Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)
- 1879-1891
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1016/j.ajo.2008.11.019
Language
- eng
Conference Location
- United States