The correlation between cup-disk ratio, neuroretinal rim area, and optic disk area measured by the video-ophthalmograph (Rodenstock analyzer) and clinical measurement

Am J Ophthalmol. 1986 Jan 15;101(1):7-12. doi: 10.1016/0002-9394(86)90458-7.

Abstract

The video-ophthalmograph (Rodenstock analyzer) records the topography of the optic disk via simultaneous stereoscopic video images which are stored and analyzed with the help of a microcomputer. We performed a prospective study of 49 eyes of 49 patients to compare the vertical cup-disk ratio, the horizontal cup-disk ratio, the neuroretinal rim area, and the optic disk area obtained with the video-ophthalmograph with those obtained with manual analysis of black-and-white stereoscopic photographs. The correlation coefficients were 0.67, for vertical cup-disk ratio (P = .0000), 0.63 for horizontal cup-disk ratio (P = .0000), 0.72 for neuroretinal rim area (P = .0000), and 0.89 for optic disk area (P = .0000).

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Computers
  • Glaucoma / diagnosis
  • Glaucoma / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Ophthalmology / instrumentation*
  • Ophthalmology / methods
  • Optic Disk / pathology*
  • Retina / pathology*
  • Videotape Recording