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ArticleEye & contact lens2021

Inter-rater Reliability and Repeatability of Manual Anterior Segment Optical Coherence Tomography Image Grading in Keratoconus.

Anna N Lin, Isa S K Mohammed, Wuqaas M Munir, Saleha Z Munir, Janet L Alexander

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Anna N LinUniversity of Maryland School of Medicine (A.N.L.), Baltimore, MD; and Department of Ophthalmology (I.S.K.M., W.M.M., S.Z.M., J.L.A.), University of Maryland Eye Associates, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD.
Isa S K Mohammed
Wuqaas M Munir
Saleha Z Munir
Janet L AlexanderORCID 0000-0001-8488-4023

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QAQC Johns Hopkins Institute for Clinical and Translational ResearchUL1TR003098 · NCATS · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI FORD, DANIEL ERNEST · 2019 to 2023
$57.7M
Institutional Career Development CoreKL2TR003099 · NCATS · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI GEBO, KELLY A · 2019 to 2023
$7.9M
NCATS NIH HHS KL2 TR003099NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR003098
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Abstract

objectivesTo determine the repeatability of corneal measurements from anterior segment optical coherence tomography (AS-OCT) images using ImageJ software in healthy eyes compared with eyes with keratoconus.

methodsAnterior segment OCT images of 25 eyes from 14 healthy subjects and 25 eyes from 15 subjects with keratoconus between the ages of 20 and 80 years were evaluated. Two trained observers used ImageJ to measure the central corneal cross-sectional area and anterior and posterior corneal arc lengths. MedCalc statistical software was used to generate the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) and Bland-Altman plots (BAPs) for observer measurements.

resultsObserver measurements of the central corneal cross-sectional area and anterior and posterior corneal arc lengths yielded an ICC >0.7. The ICC comparing the 3 parameters ranged from 0.75 to 0.84 for the control and 0.96 to 0.98 for the keratoconus group. No systematic proportional bias was detected by the BAPs. There were minimal differences between the 2 observer's measurements, with a mean of the difference of 0.3 mm2, 0 mm, and 0 mm, for the 3 measurements, respectively.

conclusionsThis study suggests that ImageJ software is a repeatable and reliable tool in the analysis of corneal parameters from AS-OCT images among patients with keratoconus and may be applicable to AS-OCT imaging protocol development, an area of active keratoconus research.

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KeratoconusTomography, Optical CoherenceAdultAgedAged, 80 and overCorneaHealthy VolunteersHumansMiddle AgedReproducibility of ResultsYoung Adult

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PMCPMC8384674

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