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Is quantitative spectral-domain superior to time-domain optical coherence tomography (OCT) in eyes with age-related macular degeneration?
Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neuroscience, Ophthalmology.
Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neuroscience, Ophthalmology.
Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neuroscience, Ophthalmology.
2012 (English)In: Acta Ophthalmologica, ISSN 1755-375X, E-ISSN 1755-3768, Vol. 90, no 7, p. 620-627Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Purpose: The aim of this study was to determine the variability of macular map measurements, for two generations of optical coherence tomography (OCT) instruments, in eyes with wet age related macular degeneration (AMD) and low visual acuity. Methods: Patients were examined with Stratus OCT and Cirrus HD-OCT. The macular thickness was assessed with the 'macular thickness map scan' and 'fast protocol' in Stratus and with the 512 × 128 and 200 × 200 cube protocols in Cirrus OCT. Two measurements were taken one directly after the other, at the first visit to analyse repeatability. Approximately 1 week later, a third measurement was taken to analyse reproducibility. In Cirrus OCT, a manual correction of foveal location was also performed. Repeatability and reproducibility were calculated as a coefficient of variance (CoV) and a coefficient of repeatability/reproducibility. Results: Repeatability for central macular thickness (expressed as CoV) was about three per cent for all protocols, and the coefficient of repeatability between 34 and 54 μm. Reproducibility (also expressed as CoV) was between four to seven per cent and coefficient of repeatability between 64 and 89 μm. After manual adjustment of foveal location in Cirrus OCT, the coefficient of repeatability improved to 12-18 μm, and the coefficient of reproducibility to 44-47 μm. Conclusions: In eyes affected by wet AMD, there were small differences in repeatability and reproducibility when comparing quantitative maps in Stratus and Cirrus OCT. However, when the software for manual correction of foveal position in Cirrus OCT was used, the variability decreased markedly, and the repeatability was close to what had been reported in normal eyes, demonstrating a significant, potential advantage of spectral-domain over time-domain OCT.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2012. Vol. 90, no 7, p. 620-627
Keywords [en]
age-related macular degeneration, quantitative optical coherence tomography, repeatability, reproducibility
National Category
Ophthalmology
Research subject
Ophtalmology
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URN: urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-184945DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2011.02112.xISI: 000310548500017OAI: oai:DiVA.org:uu-184945DiVA, id: diva2:570384
Available from: 2012-11-19 Created: 2012-11-15 Last updated: 2017-12-07Bibliographically approved
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1. Aspects of Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) in Healthy Eyes and Eyes with Retinal Diseases
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Aspects of Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) in Healthy Eyes and Eyes with Retinal Diseases
2010 (English)Doctoral thesis, comprehensive summary (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a technique in which cross-sectional images from intraocular tissue can be obtained. The quantitative and qualitative examinations are used for evaluating retinal diseases. Conventional OCT (Stratus) is mainly used, but the new Spectral domain (Cirrus) OCT, which has improved technology, may provide more reliable measurements.

The aim of the study was to collect normal values of macular thickness in children and adults and to evaluate the effect of age and/or gender, to compare measurement variability in healthy eyes and eyes with age-related macular degeneration (AMD), to compare Stratus and Cirrus OCT and to study the effect of cataract surgery on macula.

Sixty-seven healthy adults and 56 children, 30 patients with AMD, 34 patients with diabetes and cataract and 35 healthy controls were included. The quantitative maps in Stratus and Cirrus were used and manual correction of foveal location was evaluated. Qualitative OCT was compared to fluorescein angiography (FA) after cataract surgery.

The mean values of macular thickness in Stratus OCT were 207µm in adults and 204 µm in children. The measurement variability was low. Macular thickness decreased with age in adults, but not in children. No correlation with gender was found. In eyes with wet AMD, there were small differences in measurement variability comparing Stratus and Cirrus OCT. After manual correction in Cirrus OCT, the coefficients of repeatability were improved to values close to the repeatability in normal eyes. Two thirds of the diabetic and half of the control eyes showed leakage on FA after cataract surgery. Qualitative OCT corresponded poorly to FA in diabetic eyes. A thicker macula, assessed with OCT, was often observed without any obvious effect on visual acuity.  OCT was as good as FA in revealing clinically relevant changes in macula after surgery, and was the technique recommended for follow-up.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Uppsala: Acta Universitas Upsaliensis, 2010. p. 53
Series
Digital Comprehensive Summaries of Uppsala Dissertations from the Faculty of Medicine, ISSN 1651-6206 ; 580
National Category
Ophthalmology
Research subject
Ophtalmology
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-129163 (URN)978-91-554-7851-3 (ISBN)
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2010-09-17, Grönwallsalen, Akademiska sjukhuset, entrance 70, ground floor, 75185, Uppsala, 13:00 (Swedish)
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Available from: 2010-08-27 Created: 2010-08-05 Last updated: 2012-11-20

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