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Multicolor imaging compared with red-free fundus photography in the detection of glaucomatous retinal nerve fiber layer thinning

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PHOTODIAGNOSIS AND PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY
Volume 42, Issue -, Pages -

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DOI: 10.1016/j.pdpdt.2023.103352

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Optical coherence tomography; Multicolor Imaging; Red Fundus Photography; Retinal nerve; Glaucoma

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This study compared the ability of multicolor imaging (MCI) and red-free fundus photography (RFP) to detect glaucomatous retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thinning. The results showed that MCI performed better than RFP in the detection of OCT-determined RNFL thinning, especially in eyes with thinner RNFL and those with myopia.
Background: To compare the ability of multicolor imaging (MCI) with red-free fundus photography (RFP) to detect glaucomatous retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thinning.Methods: A total of 127 eyes of 79 patients with glaucoma underwent MCI using blue light, RFP, and circum-papillary optical coherence tomography (OCT) scanning on the same day. Angular location and width of the RNFL defects (RNFLDs) identified on the MCI and RFP were independently measured, and compared with those of RNFL thinning indicated by abnormal color codes on OCT.Results: The angular location and width of the RNFLDs determined by both MCI and RFP were well correlated with those of RNFL thinning determined by OCT (all P <= 0.013). The correlation of angular width with OCT was significantly stronger for MCI than for RFP (R = 0.708 vs. R = 0.616, P = 0.009). The superiority of MCI to RFP in the detection of OCT-determined RNFL thinning was significant in the inferior (P = 0.025) and marginally significant in the superior (P = 0.084) hemisectors. Thinner RNFL and longer axial length were significantly associated with better visualization of RNFLD by MCI than by RFP, respectively in the superior (OR = 0.948, P = 0.048) and inferior (OR = 1.490, P = 0.012) hemisectors.Conclusions: RNFLD on MCI correlated well with OCT measurement of RNFL thinning in eyes with glaucoma. MCI performed better than conventional RFP in the detection of OCT-determined RNFL thinning, specifically in eyes with thinner RNFL and those with myopia. MCI may be more useful than conventional RFP in evaluating glaucomatous RNFL thinning.

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