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ArticleScientific reports2022

Elucidating macular structure-function correlations in glaucoma.

Sara Giammaria, Glen P Sharpe, Oksana Dyachok, Paul E Rafuse, Lesya M Shuba, Marcelo T Nicolela, Jayme R Vianna, Balwantray C Chauhan

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Article in Scientific reports, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Sara GiammariaDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Dalhousie University and Nova Scotia Health Authority, 1276 South Park Street, Victoria Building, Room 2035, Halifax, NS, B3H 2Y9, Canada.
Glen P SharpeDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Dalhousie University and Nova Scotia Health Authority, 1276 South Park Street, Victoria Building, Room 2035, Halifax, NS, B3H 2Y9, Canada.
Oksana DyachokDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Dalhousie University and Nova Scotia Health Authority, 1276 South Park Street, Victoria Building, Room 2035, Halifax, NS, B3H 2Y9, Canada.
Paul E RafuseDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Dalhousie University and Nova Scotia Health Authority, 1276 South Park Street, Victoria Building, Room 2035, Halifax, NS, B3H 2Y9, Canada.
Lesya M ShubaDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Dalhousie University and Nova Scotia Health Authority, 1276 South Park Street, Victoria Building, Room 2035, Halifax, NS, B3H 2Y9, Canada.
Marcelo T NicolelaDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Dalhousie University and Nova Scotia Health Authority, 1276 South Park Street, Victoria Building, Room 2035, Halifax, NS, B3H 2Y9, Canada.
Jayme R ViannaDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Dalhousie University and Nova Scotia Health Authority, 1276 South Park Street, Victoria Building, Room 2035, Halifax, NS, B3H 2Y9, Canada.
Balwantray C ChauhanDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Dalhousie University and Nova Scotia Health Authority, 1276 South Park Street, Victoria Building, Room 2035, Halifax, NS, B3H 2Y9, Canada. bal@dal.ca.
Dalhousie University · CANova Scotia Health Authority · CA

Funding

CIHR PJT159564
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Correlation between structural data from optical coherence tomography and functional data from the visual field may be suboptimal because of poor mapping of OCT measurement locations to VF stimuli. We tested the hypothesis that stronger structure-function correlations in the macula can be achieved with fundus-tracking perimetery, by precisely mapping OCT measurements to VF sensitivity at the same location. The conventional 64 superpixel (3° × 3°) OCT grid was mapped to VF sensitivities averaged in 40 corresponding VF units with standard automated perimetry (conventional mapped approach, CMA) in 38 glaucoma patients and 10 healthy subjects. Similarly, a 144 superpixel (2° × 2°) OCT grid was mapped to each of the 68 locations with fundus-tracking perimetry (localized mapped approach, LMA). For each approach, the correlation between sensitivity at each VF unit and OCT superpixel was computed. Vector maps showing the maximum correlation between each VF unit and OCT pixel was generated. CMA yielded significantly higher structure-function correlations compared to LMA. Only 20% of the vectors with CMA and < 5% with LMA were within corresponding mapped OCT superpixels, while most were directed towards loci with structural damage. Measurement variability and patterns of structural damage more likely impact correlations compared to precise mapping of VF stimuli.

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GlaucomaOptic DiskHumansIntraocular PressureNerve FibersRetinal Ganglion CellsTomography, Optical CoherenceVisual Field Tests

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PMID35739208
PMCPMC9226060
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