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Morphological Features Among Gaussian, Sagittal, and Tangential Curvature Maps in Normal and Keratoconus Eyes Using
Maria A Henriquez1, José E Sacoto, Josselyne Lopez
1Research Department (M.A.H., J.E.S., J.L., J.C., L.I.), Oftalmosalud Institute of Eyes, Lima, Perú; Department of Statistics, Demography, Humanities and Social Sciences (J.C.), Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Perú; Department of Ophthalmology (P.S.B.), Gavin Herbert Eye Institute, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA; and San Fernando School of Medicine (L.I.), Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Perú.
Purpose:
To investigate and compare the morphological features and differences among Gaussian, Sagittal, and Tangential anterior corneal curvature maps obtained with an anterior segment optical coherence tomographer combined with a Placido disc MS-39 device in keratoconus (KC) and normal eyes.
Methods:
Prospective, cross-sectional study including 37 KC and 51 healthy eyes. The pattern of astigmatism and maximum keratometry (Kmax), keratometry at the thinnest point (Ktp) and 2 mm diameter (K 2mm ), and inferior-superior dioptric asymmetry values were obtained and calculated from Gaussian, Tangential, and Sagittal curvature maps using the MS-39 (CSO).
Results:
In KC eyes, an asymmetric bowtie pattern was observed in 64.86% (24/37), 64.86% (24/37), and 0% in the Sagittal, Tangential, and Gaussian maps, respectively. In normal eyes, 51.0% (26/51), 51.0% (26/51), and 0% showed a symmetric bowtie pattern in the Sagittal, Tangential, and Gaussian maps, respectively. There was a significant difference for the variables Kmax, Ktp, and K 2mm inferior among the Gaussian, Tangential, and Sagittal maps in both normal and KC groups. Sensitivity discriminating between normal and KC eyes was 100%, 97.3%, and 90.9% and specificity was 94.1%, 100%, and 100% for Kmax coming from the Tangential, Gaussian, and Sagittal maps, respectively.
Conclusions:
Gaussian maps displayed significantly different morphological features when compared with Sagittal and Tangential maps in normal and KC eyes. Anterior curvature maps from Gaussian maps do not show the morphological pattern of symmetric bowtie in normal eyes nor asymmetric bowtie in KC eyes. Kmax from Gaussian maps are more specific, however less sensitive than Tangential maps in discriminating KC from normal eyes.
