Applicability of ISNT rule to retinal nerve fiber layer thickness by SD-OCT in normal subjects

• Published in: Romanian journal of ophthalmology Vol. 68; no. 3; pp. 249 - 252
• Main Authors: Lakhtakia, Sujata, Dwivedi, Anamika, Jain, Aashi, Pandey, Dhirendra Kumar, Singh, Pooja, Tripathi, Divya
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Romania Romanian Society of Ophthalmology 01.07.2024
• Subjects: Adult; Cross-Sectional Studies; Female; Glaucoma - diagnosis; Healthy Volunteers; Humans; Intraocular Pressure - physiology; Male; Middle Aged; Nerve Fibers - pathology; Optic Disk - anatomy & histology; Optic Disk - diagnostic imaging; Reference Values; Retinal Ganglion Cells - pathology; Tomography, Optical Coherence - methods; Young Adult; NRR = Neuro Retinal Rim; normal subjects; SD-OCT = Spectral Domain Optical Coherence Tomography; IST = Inferior; RNFL = Retinal Nerve Fibre Layer; Superior; SD-OCT; Nasal; Temporal; ISNT rule; IS = Inferior; ISNT = Inferior; neuro retinal rim; retinal nerve fibre layer

The usefulness of the Inferior>Superior>Nasal>Temporal (ISNT) rule for the neuroretinal rim (NRR) has been widely used in differentiating normal eyes from glaucoma, but only a few studies have assessed whether this classical ISNT rule applies to the retinal nerve fibre layer (RNFL). This st...