Comparison of Schlemm's canal's biological parameters in primary open-angle glaucoma and normal human eyes with swept source optical

F Wang, G Shi, X Li, J Lu, Z Ding, X Sun… - … of biomedical optics, 2012 - spiedigitallibrary.org
F Wang, G Shi, X Li, J Lu, Z Ding, X Sun, C Jiang, Y Zhang
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Thirty-seven normal and primary open angle glaucoma (POAG) subjects were noninvasively
imaged by a tailor-made real-time anterior segment swept source optical coherence
tomography (SS-OCT) to demonstrate the differences of the Schlemm's canal (SC) between
POAG and normal eyes. After the cross-section images of the anterior chamber angle were
acquired by SS-OCT, SC was confirmed by two independent masked observers and the
average area, long diameter, and perimeter of the SC were measured. In normal subjects …
Abstract
Thirty-seven normal and primary open angle glaucoma (POAG) subjects were noninvasively imaged by a tailor-made real-time anterior segment swept source optical coherence tomography (SS-OCT) to demonstrate the differences of the Schlemm’s canal (SC) between POAG and normal eyes. After the cross-section images of the anterior chamber angle were acquired by SS-OCT, SC was confirmed by two independent masked observers and the average area, long diameter, and perimeter of the SC were measured. In normal subjects the circumference, area, and long diameter is , , and , respectively, and these parameters were , , and in the POAG subjects. The area of SC in the normal ones was significantly larger than that in POAG eyes (), so as the long diameter and the perimeter (; ).
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