Characteristics of a Large Database of Healthy Eyes From Optometry Practices: Implications for a Real-World Reference Database.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To compare an optical coherence tomography (OCT) real-world reference database (RW-RDB) of "healthy" eyes obtained from optometry practices to a commercial reference database (RDB).

Methods

OCT scans from 6804 individuals 18 years and older were sampled from a larger database tested at 10 optometry practices involved in refractive and screening services. Employing a reading center method, OCT scans from both eyes of 4932 (4.9K) individuals were judged to be of acceptable quality with an absence of pathology. The 4.9K RW-RDB was compared to a commercial RDB with 398 eyes (398 RDB).

Results

The means and distributions of global circumpapillary retinal nerve fiber layer (G-cpRNFL) and global ganglion cell layer (G-GCL) thickness, as well as five key anatomical pa

SUBMITTER: Hood DC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11451834 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature