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Abstract #5257 Published in IGR 1-2
Correlation between short-wavelength cone sensitivity and disc excavation in glaucoma eyes
Tsuji N; Yamazaki YJapanese Journal of Clinical Ophthalmology 1999; 53: 667-670
We evaluated the reproducibility and efficacy of macular program in short-wavelength automated perimetry (SWAP) of Humphrey field analyzer in detecting the blue cone dysfunction in glaucoma. There were no significant differences in the reproducibility of blue cone sensitivity repeated three times in 16 normal eyes. Regarding efficacy of the method, there was a significant correlation between the cup/disc area ratio and the macular blue cone sensitivity in 59 eyes of 59 patients with open-angle glaucoma (p < 0.01). The findings show the usefulness of macular program of the system in detecting the blue cone dysfunction in eyes with glaucomatous optic nerve damage.LA: Japanese
N. Tsuji, Department of Ophthalmology, Nihon University School of Medicine, 30-1 Ohyaguchikami-machi Itabashi-ku, Tokyo 173-8610; Japan
Classification:
6.6.3 Special methods (e.g. color, contrast, SWAP etc.) (Part of: 6 Clinical examination methods > 6.6 Visual field examination and other visual function tests)