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Quantitative imaging aids clinicians in glaucoma management
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BARCELONA — Quantitative imaging is a beneficial tool in glaucoma management and may be more useful than expert reading of photographs when diagnosing glaucoma, according to a speaker.
“Quantitative imaging provides at least as good evidence of the progression status of patients as experts assessing monoscopic photographs,” David F. Garway-Heath, MD, FRCOphth, said at Glaucoma Day preceding the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons meeting.
David F. Garway-Heath
According to a study that compared the performance of clinicians looking at monoscopic photographs and the performance of the Heidelberg retina tomograph (HRT), researchers found that the HRT performed better than expert clinicians, Garway-Heath said.
“What we can summarize from this is that quantitative imaging [with the HRT in this case] provides evidence of the progression stages of patients as experts processed monoscopic photographs,” he said.
Garway-Heath encourages clinicians to be aware of the sources of error when interpreting imaging reports and to consider the clinical context and other data. — by Nhu Te
Disclosure: Garway-Heath reports financial interests with Heidelberg Engineering, Carl Zeiss Meditec, Optovue and Topcon.