Swept-source OCT reduces the risk of axial length measurement errors in eyes with cataract and epiretinal membranes

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 16; no. 9; p. e0257654
• Main Authors: Faraldi, Francesco, Lavia, Carlo Alessandro, Nassisi, Marco, Kilian, Raphael A., Bacherini, Daniela, Rizzo, Stanislao
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 22.09.2021; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Age; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Axial Length, Eye - diagnostic imaging; Axial Length, Eye - pathology; Biology and Life Sciences; Biometrics; Biometry - methods; Bus interconnections; Care and treatment; Cataract; Cataract - diagnostic imaging; Cataract - pathology; Cataracts; Coherence (Optics); Cornea; Diagnosis; Electronic devices; Engineering and Technology; Epiretinal Membrane - diagnostic imaging; Epiretinal Membrane - pathology; Error analysis; Evaluation; Eye; Eye (anatomy); Eye surgery; Female; Hospitals; Humans; Interferometry; Interferometry - methods; Male; Medicine and Health Sciences; Membranes; Middle Aged; Neurosciences; Ophthalmology; Research and Analysis Methods; Risk reduction; Subgroups; Tomography, Optical Coherence - methods; Italy; Rome Italy; Germany

To compare the biometric data from partial coherence interferometry (PCI) and swept-source OCT (SS-OCT) in patients with age-related cataract and epiretinal membrane (ERM): ERM, ERM with foveoschisis and macular pseudohole. 49 eyes of 49 subjects including 36 ERM, 9 ERM foveoschisis and 4 macular ps...