Purpose/aim of the study : Confocal scanning laser ophthalmoscopy, HRT3, and spectral domain optical coherence tomography (OCT), RTVue-100, are able to give 3-dimensional (3D) topography images of optic nerve head (ONH) and to derive stereometric parameters and sectorial analysis. The purpose of the study is to evaluate the agreement of these two devices and their diagnostic accuracy to discriminate eyes with glaucoma from those without. Materials and methods : Glaucoma patients and healthy control subjects were included. All of them underwent a complete ophthalmological examination, including slit lamp evaluation and visual field (VF) test. After pupil dilatation, HRT3 and RTVue-100 were ...

Abstract Purpose: To evaluate the association between the retinal structural changes provided by spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) and disease severity in Parkinson's disease (PD). Materials and methods: Thirty-eight eyes of 20 patients with PD and 30 eyes of 30 healthy subjects were enrolled in this prospective study. The eyes ipsilateral (20 eyes) and contralateral (18 eyes) to the most affected body side in patients with PD were evaluated separately. SD-OCT (RTVue-100) was used to measure the macular ganglion cell complex thickness (mGCC), outer retinal thickness, and peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness. Disease severity was assessed ...

Purpose . To examine the graft-host interface during Descemet's stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty (DSAEK) surgery with optical coherence tomography (OCT). Design . Prospective, interventional case series. Patients and Methods . Eight patients who underwent a DSAEK were included. A handheld OCT was used intraoperatively to examine the presence of interface fluid between the host cornea and the graft. Results . In 3 patients, no interface fluid was detected between the host cornea and the graft after the graft was attached by air injection. In 4 patients, interface fluid was detected after the graft was attached by air injection. The remaining interface fluid was ...

Background We examined the influence of high myopia on conventional spectral-domain optical coherence tomographic parameters and assessed the macular ganglion cell complex thickness to macular outer retinal thickness ratio as a new optical coherence tomography parameter. Design Prospective cross-sectional study Participants Sixty normal and 30 highly myopic eyes (refractive error more than -6 D). Methods We used the RTVue-100 to measure macular ganglion cell complex and circumpapillary retinal nerve fibre layer thickness, global loss volume, and focal loss volume and then calculated the ganglion cell complex thickness to macular outer retinal thickness ratio. Main Outcome Measures Each parameter was compared ...

Purpose To evaluate the repeatability, reproducibility, and agreement of thickness profile measurements of eight intra-retinal layers determined by an automated algorithm applied to optical coherence tomography (OCT) images from two different instruments. Methods Twenty normal subjects (12 males, 8 females; 24 to 32 years old) were enrolled. Imaging was performed with a custom built ultra-high resolution OCT instrument (UHR-OCT, ~3 µm resolution) and a commercial RTVue100 OCT (~5 µm resolution) instrument. An automated algorithm was developed to segment the macular retina into eight layers and quantitate the thickness of each layer. The right eye of each subject was imaged two ...

Objective: Using a custom-developed segmentation algorithm, agreement of corneal epithelial thickness profile measurements between two spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) systems was assessed. Methods: Eighteen left eyes (18 subjects; mean+/-standard deviation; age, 23.2+/-0.9 years) were imaged twice on nonconsecutive days by a custom-built ultra-high resolution OCT (UHR-OCT) system and a commercial RTVue OCT system. A segmentation algorithm based on axial gradient information and a shortest path search was developed to measure corneal epithelial thickness profiles from the SD-OCT images. Results: There was good correlation between the automated and manual segmentation positions of the epithelium. The ...

An imager that can provide separated images corresponding to differing depths in a sample is presented. In accordance with some embodiments of the invention, an imager can include a light source; a sample arm that receives light from the light source, directs the light to a sample, and captures light returning from the sample; a modulation source that provides different modulations corresponding to differing imaging depths in the sample; a detector system to receive the captured light from the sample with the different modulations; and a processor that receives signals from the detector system and separates a plurality of images ...

AIM: To compare the regularity and accuracy of laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) flaps created by the Ziemer FEMTO LDV "Classic" (Ziemer "Classic") and Ziemer FEMTO LDV Crystal Line femtosecond laser (Ziemer Crystal Line). METHODS: Fourier-domain optical coherence tomography (RTVue OCT) was used to measure the morphology of 200 LASIK flaps of 100 consecutive patients created with the Ziemer Classic (100 flaps) or the Ziemer Crystal Line (100 flaps) at one week postoperatively. Flap thickness was evaluated at 36 specified measurement points on each flap. For all procedures with both lasers, the nominal flap thickness was 110µm. RESULTS: The ...