J Korean Ophthalmol Soc.  2010 Feb;51(2):169-174. 10.3341/jkos.2010.51.2.169.

Measurement of White-to-White Diameter and Anterior Chamber Depth by Dual Scheimpflug Camera

• Han KE
• Jun RM

• KMID: 2213136
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3341/jkos.2010.51.2.169

Abstract

PURPOSE
To estimate the horizontal and vertical white-to-white diameters (WTW) and anterior chamber depths (ACD) with a dual Scheimpflug camera (GALILEI(TM), Ziemer, Switzerland) and to compare the estimates measured by a measuring caliper and ultrasound biomicroscopy (UBM PlusTM, Paradigm Inc., Utah, USA) in normal subjects.
METHODS
Forty-four eyes of 23 subjects were evaluated. Corneal diameter as measured by GALILEI was directly compared with the white-to-white diameter (WTW) measured by a caliper and the correlation with ciliary sulcus diameter (STS) by UBM was evaluated. The anterior chamber depth (ACD) as measured by GALILEI(TM) was compared with the estimates measured by UBM.
RESULTS
The horizontal and vertical diameters of WTW by GALILEI were not significantly different from the measurements taken by calipers (p>0.05, p>0.05, respectively), and there were no correlations between the measurements (r=-0.074, p>0.05 at 180degrees r=0.297, p>0.05 at 90degrees, respectively). The estimates by GALILEI did not correlate with those measured with UBM (r=-0.006, p>0.05 at 180degrees r=-0.222, p>0.05 at 90degrees, respectively). However, the mean ACD by GALILEI was deeper than thatby UBM (p<0.01), and the measurements correlated strongly with each other (r=0.760; p<0.01).
CONCLUSIONS
The mean WTW measured by GALILEI was not significantly different from the measurements taken by calipers and the measurements did not correlate with each other. There was also no correlation with the measurementsby GALILEI and UBM. ACD by GALILEI was measured to be deeper those that by UBM.

Keyword

Anterior chamber depth; GALILEI; Scheimpflug camera; Sulcus diameter; White-to-white diameter

MeSH Terms

Anterior Chamber
Eye
Microscopy, Acoustic
Utah

Figure

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  Figure 1. Scatter plot of horizontal (A) and vertical (B) WTW measured by calipers and GALILEI TM.

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  Figure 2. Scatter plot of horizontal (A) and vertical (B) WTW measured by GALILEI TM and UBM.

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  Figure 3. Scatter plot of ACD measured by GALILEI TM and UBM. ACD=anterior chamber depth.

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