Open AccessDetecting Progression in Advanced Glaucoma: Are Optical Coherence Tomography Global Metrics Viable Measures?
Author(s) -
Abinaya Thenappan,
Emmanouil Tsamis,
Zane Zemborain,
Sol La Bruna,
Melvi Del Valle Eguia,
Devon Joiner,
Carlos Gustavo De Moraes,
Donald C. Hood
Publication year - 2021
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.0000000000001697
Subject(s) - optical coherence tomography , glaucoma , nerve fiber layer , ophthalmology , segmentation , medicine , absolute deviation , optometry , artificial intelligence , computer science , mathematics , statistics
Optical coherence tomography (OCT) summary measures have been suggested as a way to detect progression in eyes with advanced glaucoma. Here, we show that these measures have serious flaws largely due to segmentation errors. However, inspection of the images and thickness maps can be clinically useful.