
Using Small Samples to Evaluate Normative Reference Ranges for Retinal Imaging Measures
Author(s) -
William H. Swanson,
Brett J. King,
Douglas G. Horner
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
optometry and vision science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.779
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1538-9235
pISSN - 1040-5488
DOI - 10.1097/opx.0000000000001353
Subject(s) - percentile , normative , medicine , ophthalmology , retinal , optometry , nerve fiber layer , absolute deviation , mathematics , statistics , philosophy , epistemology
Retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) deviation maps often incorrectly score healthy eyes as having wedge defects. This study shows how to identify such problems early in the development of normative databases.