Clinical Study

Reproducibility of Scleral Spur Identification and Angle Measurements Using Fourier Domain Anterior Segment Optical Coherence Tomography

Table 2

Mean (± standard deviation) differences ( m) in scleral spur landmark placement.

All eyes
( )
by 2 readers
(with adjudicator)
( m)
Open-angle eyes
( )
by 2 readers
(with adjudicator)
( m)
Nonopen-angle eyes
( )
by 2 readers
(with adjudicator)
( m)

-axis difference

All quadrants−16.5* ± 53.3
(−15.5 ± 41.8)
−22.0 ± 41.6
(−11.8 ± 47.0)
−13.0 ± 59.5
(−17.8 ± 38.3)

Horizontal
 Nasal−25.7 ± 71.9
(−19.7 ± 45.4)
−43.0 ± 52.0
(−30.0 ± 44.1)
−14.8 ± 81.5
(−13.2 ± 46.2)
 Temporal−8.7 ± 41.0
(−13.5 ± 35.2)
−13.0 ± 15.7
(−5.8 ± 33.6)
−6.0 ± 51.2
(−18.3 ± 36.3)
Vertical
 Superior−20.1 ± 49.7
(−6.8 ± 46.7)
−18.7 ± 45.6
(4.7 ± 59.9)
−21.1 ± 53.3
(−14.1 ± 36.0)
 Inferior−11.4 ± 46.2
(−22.0 ± 39.2)
−13.5 ± 41.4
(−16.0 ± 45.3)
−10.1 ± 50.0
(−25.8 ± 35.6)

value 
(H versus V)
0.8597 
0.3283 
0.6162 

-axis difference

All quadrants1.5* ± 52.8
(0.4 ± 47.6)
−8.0 ± 52.7
(−0.8 ± 59.2)
7.5 ± 52.4
(1.2 ± 39.0)

Horizontal
 Nasal−2.2 ± 50.5
(2.8 ± 43.7)
−14.6 ± 44.3
(−5.1 ± 33.5)
5.6 ± 53.7
(7.8 ± 49.3)
 Temporal10.3 ± 52.2
(5.5 ± 42.7)
10.9 ± 47.1
(13.7 ± 54.9)
9.9 ± 56.5
(0.4 ± 33.5)
Vertical
 Superior7.2 ± 45.4
(9.9 ± 45.6)
5.2 ± 51.2
(19.0 ± 64.2)
8.5 ± 42.7
(4.1 ± 29.4)
 Inferior−9.2 ± 62.1
(−16.0 ± 55.3)
−33.4 ± 60.9
(−30.8 ± 71.2)
6.0 ± 59.4
(−7.5 ± 42.1)

value 
(H versus V)
0.5713 
0.4071 
0.9670 

*A negative mean difference indicates that observer 1 is closer to the center of the image.