Effect of image quality on tissue thickness measurements obtained with spectral domain-optical coherence tomography

doi:10.1364/OE.17.004019

Effect of image quality on tissue thickness measurements obtained with spectral domain-optical coherence tomography

Madhusudhanan Balasubramanian, Christopher Bowd, Gianmarco Vizzeri, Robert N. Weinreb, and Linda M. Zangwill »View Author Affiliations

Optics Express, Vol. 17, Issue 5, pp. 4019-4036 (2009)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.17.004019

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The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of image quality on retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) and retinal thickness measurements obtained using three commercially available spectral domain-optical coherence tomographers (SD-OCT). Subjectively determined good, medium and poor quality images were obtained from four healthy and one glaucoma suspect eyes. RNFL and retinal thickness measurements were compared as a function of image quality. Results indicate that when image quality is within the range specified as acceptable by SD-OCT manufacturers, RNFL and retinal thickness measurements are comparable.

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(110.4500) Imaging systems : Optical coherence tomography
(170.4580) Medical optics and biotechnology : Optical diagnostics for medicine

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OCT in Glaucoma

History
Original Manuscript: October 17, 2008
Revised Manuscript: January 17, 2009
Manuscript Accepted: February 19, 2009
Published: March 2, 2009

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Vol. 4, Iss. 5 Virtual Journal for Biomedical Optics
Interactive Science Publishing Focus Issue: Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) (2009) Optics Express

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Madhusudhanan Balasubramanian, Christopher Bowd, Gianmarco Vizzeri, Robert N. Weinreb, and Linda M. Zangwill, "Effect of image quality on tissue thickness measurements obtained with spectral domain-optical coherence tomography," Opt. Express 17, 4019-4036 (2009)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/vjbo/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-17-5-4019

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N. Nassif, B. Cense, B. H. Park, S. H. Yun, T. C. Chen, B. E. Bouma, G. J. Tearney, and J. F. de Boer, "In vivo human retinal imaging by ultrahigh-speed spectral domain optical coherence tomography," Opt. Lett. 29, 480-482 (2004). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
M. E. van Velthoven, D. J. Faber, F. D. Verbraak, T. G. van Leeuwen, and M. D. de Smet, "Recent developments in optical coherence tomography for imaging the retina," Prog. Retin. Eye Res. 26, 57-77 (2007). [CrossRef]
M. Wojtkowski, R. Leitgeb, A. Kowalczyk, T. Bajraszewski, and A. F. Fercher, "In vivo human retinal imaging by Fourier domain optical coherence tomography," J. Biomed. Opt. 7, 457-463 (2002). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
M. Wojtkowski, V. Srinivasan, J. G. Fujimoto, T. Ko, J. S. Schuman, A. Kowalczyk, and J. S. Duker, "Three-dimensional retinal imaging with high-speed ultrahigh-resolution optical coherence tomography," Ophthalmology 112, 1734-1746 (2005). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
A. O. Gonzalez-Garcia, G. Vizzeri, C. Bowd, F. A. Medeiros, L. M. Zangwill, and R. N. Weinreb, "Reproducibility of RTVue Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Thickness and Optic Disc Measurements and Agreement with Stratus OCT Measurements," Am. J. Ophthalmol.in press. [PubMed]
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V. J. Srinivasan, D. C. Adler, Y. Chen, I. Gorczynska, R. Huber, J. S. Duker, J. S. Schuman, and J. G. Fujimoto, "Ultrahigh-speed optical coherence tomography for three-dimensional and en face imaging of the retina and optic nerve head," Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 49, 5103-5110 (2008). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
G. Vizzeri, R. N. Weinreb, A. O. Gonzalez-Garcia, C. Bowd, F. A. Medeiros, P. A. Sample, and L. M. Zangwill, "Agreement between Spectral-Domain and Time-Domain OCT for measuring RNFL thickness," Br. J. Ophthalmol.in press. [PubMed]
N. G. Strouthidis, E. T. White, V. M. Owen, T. A. Ho, C. J. Hammond, and D. F. Garway-Heath, "Factors affecting the test-retest variability of Heidelberg retina tomograph and Heidelberg retina tomograph II measurements," Br. J. Ophthalmol. 89, 1427-1432 (2005). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
C. Bowd, F. A. Medeiros, R. N. Weinreb, and L. M. Zangwill, "The effect of atypical birefringence patterns on glaucoma detection using scanning laser polarimetry with variable corneal compensation," Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 48, 223-227 (2007). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
F. A. Medeiros, C. Bowd, L. M. Zangwill, C. Patel, and R. N. Weinreb, "Detection of glaucoma using scanning laser polarimetry with enhanced corneal compensation," Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 48, 3146-3153 (2007). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
Z. Wu, M. Vazeen, R. Varma, V. Chopra, A. C. Walsh, L. D. LaBree, and S. R. Sadda, "Factors associated with variability in retinal nerve fiber layer thickness measurements obtained by optical coherence tomography," Ophthalmology 114, 1505-1512 (2007). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
D. M. Stein, G. Wollstein, H. Ishikawa, E. Hertzmark, R. J. Noecker, and J. S. Schuman, "Effect of corneal drying on optical coherence tomography," Ophthalmology 113, 985-991 (2006). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
17. C. Y. Cheung, C. K. Leung, D. Lin, C. P. Pang, and D. S. Lam, Relationship between retinal nerve fiber layer measurement and signal strength in optical coherence tomography. Ophthalmology 115, 1347-51, 1351 e1-2 (2008). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
M. L. Gabriele, H. Ishikawa, G. Wollstein, R. A. Bilonick, K. A. Townsend, L. Kagemann, M. Wojtkowski, V. J. Srinivasan, J. G. Fujimoto, J. S. Duker, and J. S. Schuman, "Optical coherence tomography scan circle location and mean retinal nerve fiber layer measurement variability," Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 49, 2315-2321 (2008). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
G. Vizzeri, C. Bowd, F. A. Medeiros, R. N. Weinreb, and L. M. Zangwill, "Effect of improper scan alignment on retinal nerve fiber layer thickness measurements using Stratus optical coherence tomograph," J. Glaucoma 17, 341-349 (2008). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
B. Liu, and M. E. Brezinski, "Theoretical and practical considerations on detection performance of time domain, Fourier domain, and swept source optical coherence tomography," J. Biomed. Opt. 12, 044007 (2007). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Adler, D. C.
Bajraszewski, T.
Bilonick, R. A.
Boppart, S. A.
Bouma, B.
Bouma, B. E.
Bowd, C.
Brezinski, M. E.
Cense, B.
Chen, T. C.
Chen, Y.
Chopra, V.
de Boer, J. F.
de Smet, M. D.
Duker, J. S.
Faber, D. J.
Fercher, A. F.
Fujimoto, J. G.
Gabriele, M. L.
Garway-Heath, D. F.
Gonzalez-Garcia, A. O.
Gorczynska, I.
Hammond, C. J.
Hertzmark, E.
Ho, T. A.
Huber, R.
Ishikawa, H.
Kagemann, L.
Ko, T.
Kowalczyk, A.
LaBree, L. D.
Leitgeb, R.
Liu, B.
Medeiros, F. A.
Nassif, N.
Noecker, R. J.
Owen, V. M.
Park, B. H.
Patel, C.
Pierce, M. C.
Pitris, C.
Sadda, S. R.
Sample, P. A.
Schuman, J. S.
Southern, J. F.
Srinivasan, V.
Srinivasan, V. J.
Stein, D. M.
Strouthidis, N. G.
Tearney, G. J.
Townsend, K. A.
van Leeuwen, T. G.
van Velthoven, M. E.
Varma, R.
Vazeen, M.
Verbraak, F. D.
Vizzeri, G.
Walsh, A. C.
Weinreb, R. N.
White, B. R.
White, E. T.
Wojtkowski, M.
Wollstein, G.
Wu, Z.
Yun, S. H.
Zangwill, L. M.

Am. J. Ophthalmol.

A. O. Gonzalez-Garcia, G. Vizzeri, C. Bowd, F. A. Medeiros, L. M. Zangwill, and R. N. Weinreb, "Reproducibility of RTVue Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Thickness and Optic Disc Measurements and Agreement with Stratus OCT Measurements," Am. J. Ophthalmol.in press. [PubMed]

Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci.

J. G. Fujimoto, B. Bouma, G. J. Tearney, S. A. Boppart, C. Pitris, J. F. Southern, and M. E. Brezinski, "New technology for high-speed and high-resolution optical coherence tomography," Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. 838, 95-107 (1998). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Arch. Ophthalmol.

T. C. Chen, B. Cense, M. C. Pierce, N. Nassif, B. H. Park, S. H. Yun, B. R. White, B. E. Bouma, G. J. Tearney, and J. F. de Boer, "Spectral domain optical coherence tomography: ultra-high speed, ultra-high resolution ophthalmic imaging," Arch. Ophthalmol. 123, 1715-1720 (2005). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Br. J. Ophthalmol.

G. Vizzeri, R. N. Weinreb, A. O. Gonzalez-Garcia, C. Bowd, F. A. Medeiros, P. A. Sample, and L. M. Zangwill, "Agreement between Spectral-Domain and Time-Domain OCT for measuring RNFL thickness," Br. J. Ophthalmol.in press. [PubMed]
N. G. Strouthidis, E. T. White, V. M. Owen, T. A. Ho, C. J. Hammond, and D. F. Garway-Heath, "Factors affecting the test-retest variability of Heidelberg retina tomograph and Heidelberg retina tomograph II measurements," Br. J. Ophthalmol. 89, 1427-1432 (2005). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci.

C. Bowd, F. A. Medeiros, R. N. Weinreb, and L. M. Zangwill, "The effect of atypical birefringence patterns on glaucoma detection using scanning laser polarimetry with variable corneal compensation," Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 48, 223-227 (2007). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
F. A. Medeiros, C. Bowd, L. M. Zangwill, C. Patel, and R. N. Weinreb, "Detection of glaucoma using scanning laser polarimetry with enhanced corneal compensation," Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 48, 3146-3153 (2007). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
M. L. Gabriele, H. Ishikawa, G. Wollstein, R. A. Bilonick, K. A. Townsend, L. Kagemann, M. Wojtkowski, V. J. Srinivasan, J. G. Fujimoto, J. S. Duker, and J. S. Schuman, "Optical coherence tomography scan circle location and mean retinal nerve fiber layer measurement variability," Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 49, 2315-2321 (2008). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
V. J. Srinivasan, D. C. Adler, Y. Chen, I. Gorczynska, R. Huber, J. S. Duker, J. S. Schuman, and J. G. Fujimoto, "Ultrahigh-speed optical coherence tomography for three-dimensional and en face imaging of the retina and optic nerve head," Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 49, 5103-5110 (2008). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

J. Biomed. Opt.

B. Liu, and M. E. Brezinski, "Theoretical and practical considerations on detection performance of time domain, Fourier domain, and swept source optical coherence tomography," J. Biomed. Opt. 12, 044007 (2007). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
M. Wojtkowski, R. Leitgeb, A. Kowalczyk, T. Bajraszewski, and A. F. Fercher, "In vivo human retinal imaging by Fourier domain optical coherence tomography," J. Biomed. Opt. 7, 457-463 (2002). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

J. Glaucoma

G. Vizzeri, C. Bowd, F. A. Medeiros, R. N. Weinreb, and L. M. Zangwill, "Effect of improper scan alignment on retinal nerve fiber layer thickness measurements using Stratus optical coherence tomograph," J. Glaucoma 17, 341-349 (2008). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Ophthalmology

Z. Wu, M. Vazeen, R. Varma, V. Chopra, A. C. Walsh, L. D. LaBree, and S. R. Sadda, "Factors associated with variability in retinal nerve fiber layer thickness measurements obtained by optical coherence tomography," Ophthalmology 114, 1505-1512 (2007). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
D. M. Stein, G. Wollstein, H. Ishikawa, E. Hertzmark, R. J. Noecker, and J. S. Schuman, "Effect of corneal drying on optical coherence tomography," Ophthalmology 113, 985-991 (2006). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
M. Wojtkowski, V. Srinivasan, J. G. Fujimoto, T. Ko, J. S. Schuman, A. Kowalczyk, and J. S. Duker, "Three-dimensional retinal imaging with high-speed ultrahigh-resolution optical coherence tomography," Ophthalmology 112, 1734-1746 (2005). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Opt. Lett.

Prog. Retin. Eye Res.

M. E. van Velthoven, D. J. Faber, F. D. Verbraak, T. G. van Leeuwen, and M. D. de Smet, "Recent developments in optical coherence tomography for imaging the retina," Prog. Retin. Eye Res. 26, 57-77 (2007). [CrossRef]

Other

T. Mumcuoglu, G. Wollstein, M. Wojtkowski, L. Kagemann, H. Ishikawa, M. L. Gabriele, V. Srinivasan, J. G. Fujimoto, J. S. Duker, and J. S. Schuman, "Improved visualization of glaucomatous retinal damage using high-speed ultrahigh-resolution optical coherence tomography," Ophthalmology 115,. 782-789 e2 (2008). [CrossRef]
17. C. Y. Cheung, C. K. Leung, D. Lin, C. P. Pang, and D. S. Lam, Relationship between retinal nerve fiber layer measurement and signal strength in optical coherence tomography. Ophthalmology 115, 1347-51, 1351 e1-2 (2008). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

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