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Abstract #75611 Published in IGR 19-2

Evolution of optic nerve photography for glaucoma screening: a review

Myers JS; Fudemberg SJ; Lee D
Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology 2018; 46: 169-176


Visual evaluation of the optic nerve has been one of the earliest and most widely used methods to evaluate patients for glaucoma. Photography has proven very useful for documentation of the nerve's appearance at a given time, allowing more detailed scrutiny then, and later comparison for change. Photography serves as the basis for real-time or non-simultaneous review in telemedicine and screening events allowing fundus and optic nerve evaluation by experts elsewhere. Expert evaluation of disc photographs has shown diagnostic performance similar to other methods of optic nerve evaluation for glaucoma. Newer technology has made optic nerve photography simpler, cheaper and more portable creating opportunities for broader utilization in screening in underserved populations by non-physicians. Recent investigations suggest that non-physicians or software algorithms for disc photograph evaluation have promise to allow more screening to be done with fewer experts.

Glaucoma Service, Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

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Classification:

6.8.2 Posterior segment (Part of: 6 Clinical examination methods > 6.8 Photography)
2.14 Optic disc (Part of: 2 Anatomical structures in glaucoma)



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