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Comparison of central macular thickness measured by three OCT models and study of interoperator variability
Zaïnab Bentaleb-Machkour1, Eléonore Jouffroy, Muriel Rabilloud
1Department of Ophthalmology, Croix-Rousse University Hospital, Claude Bernard University, 69004 Lyon, France.
Purpose:
To compare central macular thickness (CMT) measurement on healthy patient using 3 different OCT devices by two operators.
Methods:
Prospective, monocentricstudy. Right eye's central macular thickness (CMT) of 30 healthy patients has been measured three times using a time-domain (TD) OCT (Stratus OCT, Carl Zeiss Meditec, Dublin, Ca) and two spectral domain (SD) OCTs (Cirrus HD-OCT, Carl ZeissMeditec, Dublin, Ca) and 3D-OCT 1000 (Topcon, Tokyo, Japan) by two operators. Six measurements were taken randomly for each patient the same day.
Results:
No significant difference between measurements obtained by the two operators has been observed, whatever the studied OCT. P value was 0.164, 0.193, and 0.147 for Stratus OCT, Cirrus HD-OCT and 3D-OCT, respectively. Mean CMT significantly differed from instrument to instrument (P < 0.001) and was, respectively, 197 μm, 254 μm, and 236 μm using Stratus OCT, Cirrus HD-OCT, and 3D-OCT 1000. Using Cirrus OCT and 3D-OCT 1000, CMT was, respectively, 57 μm and 39 μm thicker than using Stratus OCT (P < 0.05).
Conclusions:
Whatever the OCT device, on healthy patients CMT was not operator dependent. CMT measurements obtained by SD-OCTs are greater than those obtained by TD-OCT. These data imply that the different OCT devices cannot be used interchangeably in clinical monitoring.
