OCT for glaucoma diagnosis, screening and detection of glaucoma progression. (19th December 2013)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Bussel, Igor I; Wollstein, Gadi; Schuman, Joel S
• Is Part Of: British journal of ophthalmology. Volume 98(2014)Supplement 2
• Page Start: ii15
• Page End: ii19
• Publication Date: 2013-12-19
• Subjects: Glaucoma; Ophthalmology -- Periodicals; 617.7
• DOI: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2013-304326
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0007-1161

Abstract

Abstract : Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a commonly used imaging modality in the evaluation of glaucomatous damage. The commercially available spectral domain (SD)-OCT offers benefits in glaucoma assessment over the earlier generation of time domain-OCT due to increased axial resolution, faster scanning speeds and has been reported to have improved reproducibility but similar diagnostic accuracy. The capabilities of SD-OCT are rapidly advancing with 3D imaging, reproducible registration, and advanced segmentation algorithms of macular and optic nerve head regions. A review of the evidence to date suggests that retinal nerve fibre layer remains the dominant parameter for glaucoma diagnosis and detection of progression while initial studies of macular and optic nerve head parameters have shown promising results. SD-OCT still currently lacks the diagnostic performance for glaucoma screening.