%0 Journal Article
%T Reproducibility of Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Measurements with Manual and Automated Centration in Healthy Subjects Using Spectralis Spectral-Domain Optical Coherence Tomography
%A Alex P. Lange
%A Reza Sadjadi
%A Fiona Costello
%A Ivo Guber
%A Anthony L. Traboulsee
%J ISRN Ophthalmology
%D 2012
%R 10.5402/2012/860819
%X Objective. The aim of this study was to test the reproducibility of the Heidelberg Spectralis SD-OCT and to determine if provided software retest function for follow-up exam is superior to manual centration. Design. Prospective, cross-sectional study. Participants. 20 healthy subjects. Methods. All subjects underwent SD-OCT testing to determine retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) measurements sequentially on two different days and with two different centration techniques. Within-subject standard deviation, coefficient of variation, and intraclass correlation coefficient were used to assess reproducibility. Results. RNFL measurements showed high reproducibility, low within-subject standard deviation (1.3), low coefficient of variation (0.63%), and low intra-class correlation coefficient (0.98 (95% CI 0.97¨C0.99)) in the automated centration and manual centration groups for average RNFL Thickness. Quadrants showed slightly higher variability in the manual group compared to the automated group (within-subject standard deviation 2.5¨C5.3 versus 1.1¨C2.4, resp.). Conclusions. SD-OCT provides high-resolution RNFL measurements with high reproducibility and low variability. The re-test function allows for easier recentration for longitudinal examinations with similar results in average RNFL, but less variability in quadrant RNFL. SD-OCT high reproducibility and low variability is a promising fact and should be further evaluated in longitudinal studies of RNFL. 1. Introduction Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a noninvasive technique that provides high-resolution, cross-sectional tomographic imaging of retinal tissue using backscattered light. OCT imaging is analogous to ultrasound B-mode imaging but uses infrared light instead of ultrasound waves. From multiple axial scans (A scans) at different transverse locations, a two-dimensional, cross-sectional image can be obtained [1]. Until recently, third-generation time-domain OCT (TD-OCT) using Stratus OCT (Carl Zeiss Meditec AG, Jena, Germany) has been widely used to acquire images at a rate of 400 axial scans per second with an axial resolution of 10£¿¦Ìm [2]. The recently introduced fourth-generation, spectral-domain OCT (SD-OCT) has improved depth resolution by a factor of three (axial resolution up to 3.8£¿¦Ìm) and allows a significantly higher acquisition speed (40,000 axial scans per second) resulting in improved image quality and minimized motion artefacts [3]. Furthermore, software improvements allow reconstruction of a three-dimensional image of the retina with SD-OCT. Recent studies have shown differences
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