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PURPOSE: To compare the lamina cribrosa (LC) intensity in glaucoma-suspect eyes and eyes with mild to moderate glaucoma using swept-source optical coherence tomography. METHODS: Optic disc volume scans were collected using swept-source optical coherence tomography in 19 clinically defined glaucoma-suspect eyes and 29 eyes with mild to moderate glaucoma. LC intensity was measured using Image J software, and the resultant values were normalized using the retinal pigment epithelium and vitreous signal. RESULTS: Mean age was 53.7±18.5 years in the glaucoma-suspect eyes and 63.0±16.1 years in the eyes with mild to moderate glaucoma (P=0.161). Significant differences in LC intensity were observed between the 2 groups, with median LC intensity values of 0.96 and 0.86 units in the glaucoma-suspect and the mild to moderate glaucoma groups, respectively (P<0.001). A weak positive correlation was found between mean deviation and normalized LC intensity (r=0.344; P=0.018). CONCLUSIONS: Intensity measurement of the LC is a potential novel parameter which warrants further study in the setting of glaucoma.
*Doheny Image Reading Center, Doheny Eye Institute ‡Department of Ophthalmology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles †Carl Zeiss Meditec Inc., Dublin, CA.
Full article2.14 Optic disc (Part of: 2 Anatomical structures in glaucoma)
2.3 Sclera (Part of: 2 Anatomical structures in glaucoma)
6.9.2.2 Posterior (Part of: 6 Clinical examination methods > 6.9 Computerized image analysis > 6.9.2 Optical coherence tomography)