Advanced imaging for glaucoma study: design, baseline characteristics, and inter-site comparison.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To report the baseline characteristics of the participants in the Advanced Imaging for Glaucoma Study. To compare the participating sites for variations among subjects and the performance of imaging instruments.

Design

Multicenter longitudinal observational cohort study.

Methods

A total of 788 participants (1329 eyes) were enrolled from 3 academic referral centers. There were 145 participants (289 eyes) in the normal group, 394 participants (663 eyes) in the glaucoma suspect/preperimetric glaucoma group, and 249 participants (377 eyes) in the perimetric glaucoma group. Participants underwent a full clinical examination, standard automated perimetry, and imaging with time-domain and Fourier-domain optical coherence tomography (OCT), scanning laser polarimetry,

SUBMITTER: Le PV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4277893 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature