Using optical imaging summary data to detect glaucoma

• Published in: Ophthalmology (Rochester, Minn.) Vol. 108; no. 10; pp. 1812 - 1818
• Main Authors: Sanchez-Galeana, Cesar, Bowd, Christopher, Blumenthal, Eytan Z, Gokhale, Parag A, Zangwill, Linda M, Weinreb, Robert N
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01.10.2001; Elsevier
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Biological and medical sciences; Cross-Sectional Studies; Diagnostic Techniques, Ophthalmological; Female; Glaucoma - diagnosis; Glaucoma and intraocular pressure; Humans; Interferometry; Light; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Nerve Fibers - pathology; Observer Variation; Ophthalmology; Ophthalmoscopy; Optic Disk - pathology; Reproducibility of Results; Sensitivity and Specificity; Tomography; Vision Disorders - diagnosis; Visual Fields; Human; Radiodiagnosis; Retina; Analyzer; Eye; Eye disease; Sensitivity; Specificity; Light coherence; Glaucoma (eye); Tomography; Diagnosis; Technique; Nerve fiber

To evaluate the sensitivity and specificity for discriminating between early to moderate glaucomatous and normal eyes using summary data reports from the Heidelberg Retina Tomograph (HRT), the GDx Nerve Fiber Analyzer (GDx), and the Optical Coherence Tomograph (OCT). Comparative cross-sectional stud...