Clinical Study

Time-Domain and Spectral-Domain Optical Coherence Tomography of Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer in MS Patients and Healthy Controls

Table 3

Overview RNFLT between SD- and TD-OCT in MS and control groups, separated by quadrants.

SD-OCT μm mean (SD)TD-OCT μm mean (SD)
ControlMSControlMS

Average98.59 (6.79)88.80 (17.55)100.67 (8.96)90.9107 (18.26)
Superior121.27 (16.22)107.25 (26.95)117.48 (16.87)101.88 (27.04)
Temporal71.17 (10.88)65.02 (15.92)70.86 (12.88)*65.82 (17.57)*
Inferior127.16 (13.10)114.80 (21.64)133.23 (13.59)120.36 (27.08)
Nasal74.55 (11.21)68.07 (21.53)81.031 (15.75)72.20 (24.34)

*All measures are significantly different between MS patients and control except for temporal quadrant measured by TD-OCT.