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ArticleKorean journal of ophthalmology : KJO2019

Clinical Efficacy of Custom-built Software for the Early Detection of Glaucoma: A Comparison of Axial-length and Major Retinal Artery Location Data.

Hyoju Jang, Sang Min Lee, Jaehong Ahn, Seungsoo Rho

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Article in Korean journal of ophthalmology : KJO, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Hyoju Jang *Department of Ophthalmology, Ajou University College of Medicine, Suwon, Korea.
Sang Min Lee *Department of Ophthalmology, CHA Bundang Medical Center, CHA University, Seongnam, Korea.
Jaehong AhnDepartment of Ophthalmology, Ajou University College of Medicine, Suwon, Korea.
Seungsoo RhoDepartment of Ophthalmology, CHA Bundang Medical Center, CHA University, Seongnam, Korea. harryrho@gmail.com.
Ajou University · KRCHA University Bundang Medical Center · KR

Funding

Cheil-Nammyung Foundation
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo assess the clinical efficacy for early detection of glaucoma using custom-built image software visualizing translucent retinal nerve fiber layer thickness (RNFLT) that is graphed based on a normative database.

methodsThis prospective study was conducted using a normative database constructed with RNFLT data of 151 healthy Korean eyes. The reference lines of the mean, the lower 5%, and the lower 1% limit were visualized as a translucent RNFLT graph produced by our software after inputting each subject's major retinal artery position and overlaying the results onto the RNFLT measurements. Fifty-eight additional healthy control and 79 early-glaucoma eyes were collected for the validation group. If a subject's RNFLT graph was outside the reference line of the lower 1% limit, the graph was defined as abnormal. The lower 1% limit, which was generated by three criteria (criterion 1, built-in software; criterion 2, axial-length data; criterion 3, major retinal artery data), was used to address the difference of agreement with a standard answer.

resultsFor criteria 1, 2, and 3, the accuracy of our custom-built software was significantly higher than that of the manufacturer's database (kappa of 0.475 vs. 0.852 vs. 0.940; sensitivity of 62.0% vs. 91.1% vs. 97.5%, respectively) maintaining high specificity (87.9% vs. 94.8% vs. 96.6%, respectively).

conclusionsThe custom-built imaging software with the constructed RNFLT normative database showed high clinical efficiency for early detection of glaucoma with negligible user-related variability.

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Early DiagnosisSoftwareAdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAxial Length, EyeFemaleGlaucomaHumansIntraocular PressureMaleMiddle AgedNerve FibersProspective StudiesReproducibility of ResultsAxial lengthDatabaseGlaucomaMajor retinal artery positionOptical coherence tomography

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