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Abstract #70290 Published in IGR 18-2

Optic nerve head slope-based quantitative parameters for identifying open-angle glaucoma on SPECTRALIS OCT images

Al-Hinnawi AM; Al-Naami BO; Al-Latayfeh MM
International Ophthalmology 2017; 37: 979-988


PURPOSE: To investigate monitoring slope-based features of the optic nerve head (ONH) cup as open-angle glaucoma (OAG) occurs. METHOD: A dataset of 46 retrospective OCT cases was acquired from the SPECTRALIS Heidelberg Engineering OCT device. A set of five parameters, which are based on the ONH cup-incline, are measured on the OAG and normal subjects in the dataset. Then, three new ONH cup-shape indices were deduced. The ONH cup-incline parameters and ONH cup-shape indices are analyzed to estimate their clinical value. RESULTS: The statistical difference between measurements on normal and glaucoma eyes was remarkably significant for all of the analyzed parameters and indices (p value < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: The geometric shape of the ONH cup can be transferred to numerical parameters and indices. The proposed ONH cup-incline parameters and ONH cup-shape indices have shown suggestive clinical value to identify the development of OAG. As OAG appears, the top ONH cup-incline parameters decrease while the bottom ONH cup-incline parameters increase. The ONH cup-shape indices suggest capability to discriminate OAG from normal eyes.

Medical Imaging Department, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, The Hashemite University, Zarqa, Jordan.

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Classification:

6.9.2.2 Posterior (Part of: 6 Clinical examination methods > 6.9 Computerized image analysis > 6.9.2 Optical coherence tomography)
2.14 Optic disc (Part of: 2 Anatomical structures in glaucoma)



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