Measurement of lens density using Scheimpflug imaging system as a screening test in the field of health examination for age-related cataract
| Autor: | Tae-Young Chung, Dong Hui Lim, Tae Hyup Kim, Eui-Sang Chung |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
| Předmět: |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Aging Visual acuity genetic structures Screening test medicine.medical_treatment Scheimpflug principle Visual Acuity Cataract law.invention Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience Health examination Vision Screening Cataracts law Ophthalmology Lens Crystalline Photography Medicine Humans Physical Examination Aged Aged 80 and over business.industry Cataract surgery Middle Aged medicine.disease eye diseases Sensory Systems Lens (optics) Female sense organs medicine.symptom business Age-related cataract |
| Zdroj: | The British journal of ophthalmology. 99(2) |
| ISSN: | 1468-2079 |
| Popis: | To assess Pentacam (Oculus, Wetzlar, Germany) Scheimpflug quantitative images in evaluating lens density and providing objective measurements to suggest optimal time of cataract surgery in the field of health examination.Two hundred and twenty-nine eyes with age-related cataract were enrolled. Lens density was measured using Pentacam. All Pentacam images were exported to ImageJ (NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, USA) for quantitative analysis. Average lens density (ALD) and nuclear lens density (NLD) were calculated. Lens density was also evaluated by built-in Pentacam Nucleus Staging (PNS) software. Slit-lamp microscopy was performed for cataract grading according to Lens Opacification Classification System III (LOCS III). The best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) was measured. All measurements were compared between the cataract surgery and non-cataract surgery groups.The measurements of Pentacam images significantly correlated with LOCS III for nuclear opalescence (NO) and nuclear colour (NC) grading (p0.01). Pentacam ImageJ showed higher correlation than PNS. The mean NLD was most highly correlated with NO (r=0.8833) and NC (r=0.6815). The maximum ALD was most highly correlated with cortical opacity (r=0.5381). All Pentacam measurements of lens density and BCVA were significantly different between the cataract surgery and non-surgery groups (p0.01). The optimised cut-off values to perform cataract surgery for mean NLD and maximum ALD were 26 and 74, respectively (p0.01).The Pentacam ImageJ method provided objective measurements to evaluate cataracts needing surgery. The method has the potential to be generally applied in the field of health examination and is effective in screening patients with cataract. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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