Optical coherence tomography, scanning laser polarimetry and confocal scanning laser ophthalmoscopy in retinal nerve fiber layer measurements of glaucoma patients.

CONCLUSION: The measurements of the RNFL in glaucoma patients reveal a high correlation of OCT and GDx devices because OCTs can measure all major retinal layers and SLP can detect nerve fibers allowing a comparison between the results of this devices. However, CSLO by means of HRT topography can only measure height values of the retinal surface but it cannot distinguish between different retinal layers. This may explain the rather poor correlations and associations between CSLO measurements and those of all other imaging devices which makes it difficult to compare HRT 3 nerve fiber data. These correlations are important in clinical routine especially when different techniques are used in the follow-up of glaucoma patients. PMID: 25926903 [PubMed]
Source: Open Ophthalmology Journal - Category: Opthalmology Tags: Open Ophthalmol J Source Type: research