Repeatability assessment of anterior segment biometric measurements in myopic patients using a new anterior segment OCT with Placido corneal topography and agreement with a swept-source OCT

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Repeatability assessment of anterior segment biometric measurements in myopic patients using a new anterior segment OCT with Placido corneal topography and agreement with a swept-source OCT

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The precision of anterior segment biometric measurements in eyes has become increasingly important in refractive surgery. The purpose of this study is to assess the repeatability of the automatic measurements provided by a new spectral-domain optical coherence tomograph (SD-OCT)/Placido topographer (MS-39, CSO) and its agreement with a swept-source OCT (SS-OCT) biometer (CASIA SS-1000, Tomey) in patients with myopia. The right eye of 235 subjects was scanned 3 times with both devices. The evaluated parameters included central corneal radius of the steep meridian, central corneal radius of the flat meridian, mean central corneal radius, thinnest corneal thickness, central corneal thickness, anterior chamber depth, corneal volume and diameter. The repeatability of the MS-39 measurements was calculated using intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC), within subject standard deviation, coefficient of repeatability, coefficient of variation and repeated-measures analysis of variance. The agreement between the two devices was evaluated by 95% limits of agreement. The majority of the parameters showed high repeatability. The repeatability of corneal diameter was slightly lower than the other measurements, although the ICC remained high. Agreement with the SS-OCT was good for all parameters assessed. The high repeatability of automatic measurements by the new device supports its clinical application in myopic eyes with myopia, and the good agreement between the two devices indicates they could be used interchangeably for the parameters evaluated.

Precise assessment of anterior segment parameters is of clinical and investigational importance in multiple fields of ophthalmology. The development of new surgical techniques for the human eye requires, in many situations, deep understanding of the spatial relationships and dimensions of the anterior segment. Imaging of the anterior segment of the eye has drastically advanced over the past 15 years. A-scan ultrasonography [1–2] was introduced first, followed by scanning-slit topography [3], examination with a Scheimpflug camera [4] and anterior segment optical coherence tomography (AS-OCT) [5–6].

The AS-OCT devices can produce high-resolution images of the anterior chamber and the iridocorneal angle [7–8]. Over the past few years, OCT technology has evolved rapidly from time-domain (TD) OCT to spectral-domain (SD) and swept-source (SS) OCT [9]. The first-generation AS-OCT system with 1,310 nm wavelength light was based on a TD-OCT method that involves a moving reference mirror that scans each depth position in the image pixel [10–11]. Fourier domain (FD) or SD-OCTs have superseded the older technology of TD-OCTs by incorporating static reference light, enabling higher acquisition speed and better signal-to-noise ratio [12–13].

Until now, a greater number of radial scans could be acquired only by the CASIA SS-1000 and subsequently by the CASIA 2 (Casia, Tomey, Nagoya, Japan) systems, both of which use SD-OCT and a 1,310 nm light source. These two devices acquire 16 radial B-scans centered on the corneal vertex, each of them 10.0 mm long and 6.0 mm deep, to generate corneal curvature and thickness maps [14]. The anterior segment CASIA SS-1000 OCT (Tomey Corporation, Nagoya, Japan) is an SS-OCT device, which produces high-resolution 3D images of the cornea and anterior segment of the eye. This device uses a light source with a wavelength of 1,310 nm and has a high scanning speed of 30,000 A-scans/second, also measuring 256 B-scans over the cornea, which allows real-time 3D image acquisition.

A new SD-OCT device combined with Placido corneal topography, named MS-39 (CSO, Scandicci, FI, Italy), was recently introduced to clinical application [15, 16]. High-resolution OCT and Placido images can be obtained with a single measurement and then reconstructed with faster acquisition times, thus avoiding possible misalignment during the integration of the images obtained from two devices [17].

This study aimed to evaluate the repeatability of anterior segment biometric measurements in myopic patients provided by MS-39, and assess its agreement with the CASIA SS-1000 OCT.

Characteristics of participants

In total 235 patients had their right eye examined in the current study. All patients did not suffer from any ocular abnormalities other than refractive error. The mean age of patients was 25.97 ± 5.78 years (ranging from 18 to 40 years, 107 males and 128 females). The mean refractive error of the participants was − 5.63 ± 2.07 diopters (D) (ranging from − 10.75 to -1.5D). All data obtained followed the normal distribution, as evaluated by the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test. Table 1shows the means, medians and 95% confidence intervals (CI) of the parameters analyzed in this study.

Repeatability

Table 2 shows the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC), within subject standard deviation (S_w), coefficient of repeatability (CoR), coefficient of variation (CoV) values and the results of repeated-measures analysis of variance (ANOVA) for the parameters measured by MS-39. MS-39 presented excellent repeatability, with an ICC>0.95 in all measurements. The repeatability for corneal diameter (CD) was slightly lower than that of the other parameters, although the ICC remained high. The S_w of MS-39 in measuring central corneal radius of the steep meridian (K_s), central corneal radius of the flat meridian (K_f), mean central corneal radius (K_m), thinnest corneal thickness (TCT), central corneal thickness (CCT), anterior chamber depth (ACD), corneal volume (CV) and CD was 0.079D, 0.091D, 0.067D, 0.880 μm, 0.700 μm, 0.014 mm, 0.183 mm³, 0.066 mm, respectively, while the CoR of of MS-39 in measuring K_s, K_f, K_m, TCT, CCT, ACD, CV and CD was 0.219D, 0.252D, 0.186D, 2.438 μm, 1.939 μm, 0.039 mm, 0.507 mm³, 0.183 mm, respectively. The CoV value obtained for all examined parameters was less than 1%, indicating the great repeatability of MS-39. No statistical significance was detected in any result of repeated-measures ANOVA for the measurements of K_s, K_f, K_m, TCT, CCT, ACD, CV or CD (P>0.05 in all analyses). Furthermore, Bonferroni correction was performed to compare the differences of every two of the three repeated measurements for the examined parameters from MS-39 (Table 3). The difference was not statistically significant in any of the post hoc Bonferroni tests (P>0.05 in all the tests). The results of Bland-Altman analysis showed that each repeated measurement presented a narrow 95% LoA with the other two, which indicates good repeatability.

Agreement

The differences of the measurements between the two devices are shown in Table 4. No statistically significant differences were observed in the K_f, K_s and K_m measurements. Statistically, but not clinically significant differences were observed in the measurements of TCT and CCT. The CASIS SS-1000 underestimated the TCT and CCT values compared with MS-39 (both P<0.0001). The 95% limits of agreement (LoA) values of each parameter are displayed in Table 4 and Figure 1. The 95% LoA values for K_f, K_s, K_m, TCT and CCT were all narrow, implying good agreement between the two devices and clinically irrelevant differences.

Ocular anterior segment topography devices have been rapidly developed in recent years, since the interest in corneal refractive surgery and refractive phakic intraocular lens implantation has significantly increased. A new diagnostic device must produce readings with good repeatability in order to acquire widespread application. The current study was performed to assess the repeatability of anterior segment measurements provided by MS-39, a new AS-OCT device combined with Placido corneal topography. The present study revealed that all obtained parameters, including K_s, K_f, K_m, TCT, CCT, ACD, CV and CD, were highly repeatable with MS-39.

The repeatability of automatic measurements by MS-39 was evaluated in a previous study reported by Savini et al. [16]. The study enrolled 96 participants in the unoperated group and 43 patients in the post-refractive surgery group. The study reported that MS-39 could provide repeatable measurements of total corneal power, TCT, ACD and CD, which is in agreement with the results from this study for the common parameters assessed. The present study assessed a larger group of participants, and the repeatability of measurement of CV with MS-39 was also evaluated, with positive results, which were not included in the previous report from Savini et al. [16].

With reference to keratometric measurements, the repeatability of K_s, K_f and K_m with MS-39 of this study was shown to be excellent. A previous study by Chan et al. [18] showed that the repeatability of K_s, K_f and K_m acquired from CASIA SS-1000 and Pentacam HR rotating Scheimpflug camera (Oculus Inc., Lynnwood, WA, US) was comparable to the current study. Biswas et al. [19] compared the repeatability of keratometric measurements with CASIA SS-1000, Pentacam HR and Topographic Modeling System, version 5 (TMS-5, Tomey Corp., Nagoya, Japan), and showed that the CASIA SS-1000 and Pentacam HR presented similar repeatability with this study, while TMS-5 showed relatively inferior results. Only the repeatability of K_m was evaluated in the study from Panthier et al. [20], who reported that IOL Master 700 (Carl Zeiss, Germany) and Anterion (Heidelberg Engineering GmbH, Heidelberg, Germany), which both belong to SS-OCT, showed good repeatability when measuring K_m, the result of which was comparable to the current study.

Corneal thickness is one of the parameters used to determine the suitability of a patient for any corneal refractive surgery, or further applications like keratoconus detection or orthokeratology procedures. Previous studies [16, 18–19] on healthy eyes obtained average values of TCT between 530 and 550 µm with AS-OCT, which are comparable to the reported average of 531.85 ± 34.08 µm in this study. The repeatability of TCT measurements with MS-39 was improved compared with the reported CASIA SS-1000 measurements in the literature [18, 19]. Savini et al. [16] evaluated the repeatability of TCT measurements with MS-39, acquiring a CoR of 4.77 µm, a CoV of 0.32%, and an ICC of 0.999. Similar results were obtained in the current study, where CoR was 2.44 µm, CoV was 0.17%, and ICC was 0.999. In terms of CCT measurement, excellent repeatability was confirmed by the small COR (1.94µm) and CoV (0.131%) scores and the ICC of 0.9996 from the current study. Measurements of CCT from MS-39 produced mean values (535.99 ± 34.17 µm) comparable to those previously reported using SS-OCT on healthy eyes [18–23]. Previous studies on myopic eyes showed that Pentacam HR rotating Scheimpflug camera and Sirius Scheimpflug camera-Placido topographer (CSO, Scandicci, FI, Italy) achieved inferior repeatability [24–26].

In the current study, ACD was calculated as the distance between the endothelium and the anterior lens surface, according to the definition by Hoffer [27], to remain consistent with the literature. High repeatability was also acquired in ACD measurements from MS-39. The repeatability of ACD was similar with that reported by Savini et al. [16], although the ACD acquired in this study was slightly deeper, potentially due to the different population enrolled. Moreover, the new SD-OCT/Placido topographer showed higher repeatability in ACD measurements than those obtained from Scheimpflug cameras [24] and SS-OCT [20–23].

In terms of CD measurement, good repeatability was confirmed by the small CoR (0.183 mm) and CoV (0.556%) scores, as well as the ICC of 0.9693. Accurate CD assessment is critical for phakic intraocular lens implantation to minimize vault-related problems like cataract and glaucoma. Previous studies in eyes with cataract showed that two SS-OCT biometers, the IOL Master 700 and Anterion achieved relatively inferior repeatability of CD measurements compared to the current study [20], but the study from Savini et al. showed a comparable result [16].

The repeatability with MS-39 in terms of CV measurements was shown to be excellent, obtaining a CoR of 0.507 mm³, a CoV of 0.32%, and an ICC of 0.997. To the knowledge of the authors, this is the first study evaluating the repeatability of CV with MS-39. No previous studies have focused on the repeatability of CV measurements by AS-OCT in myopic patients.

The agreement of the biometric measurements between the MS-39 SD-OCT/Placido topographer and CASIA SS-1000 SS-OCT was also investigated, and all parameters were found to be clinically interchangeable. To the knowledge of the authors, this is the first study to compare the two devices. In a previous study, agreement with the measurements of the MS-39 SD-OCT/Placido topographer and Pentacam HR rotating Scheimpflug camera/Sirius Scheimpflug camera-Placido topographer was high for ACD and TCT in myopic patients [16]. The MS-39 SD-OCT/Placido topographer was compared with the Argos SS-OCT biometer (Movu Inc., CA, US) in another study, and high agreement was reported between the two devices in measuring CCT, ACD, K_m and astigmatism [17].

There are advantages as well as limitations in this study, compared with previous studies. The most important advantage is the large population examined, which included 235 eyes from 235 myopic patients, considerably more than previous studies [16, 18–23]. Additionally, only the right eye from each participant was measured, which eliminated the bias generated from bilateral-eye data. On the other hand, there are two limitations meriting consideration. First, the subjects enrolled in the current study were all myopic patients, whereas no pathologic eye, such as keratoconus or cataract, was included. Second, only the commonly used parameters from the two devices were investigated. Future research will focus on the investigation of the remaining parameters.

In conclusion, highly repeatable measurements of anterior segment parameters, including K_s, K_f, K_m, CCT, TCT, ACD, CV and CD, were achieved in individuals with myopia using MS-39, the new SD-OCT/Placido topographer. Good agreement was found between MS-39 and CASIA SS-1000, indicating both devices can be applied interchangeably for the parameters assessed.

Patients with healthy unoperated corneas, who intended to receive refractive surgery to correct myopia and/or astigmatism, were enrolled in the study. Approval by the institutional review board of Henan Provincial Eye Hospital was obtained and the study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. Informed consent was signed by each patient after they were provided a verbal and written explanation of the purpose, type of devices, measurement process details and data treatment of the current study.

The exclusion criteria included the presence of keratoconus or suspicion of keratoconus, previous diagnosis of dry eye, history of corneal disease or trauma, any kind of ocular surgery, and contact lens use in the past month. Only the right eye of each patient was investigated due to the similarity of measurements for both eyes [28].

Instruments

The MS-39 topographer (software version 3.6) integrates both SD-OCT-based anterior segment tomography and Placido-disk corneal topography modalities into one device to acquire measurements of the anterior segment of the eye. The 840 nm superluminescent LED light source enables MS-39 to acquire images with higher resolution than the Scheimpflug camera, namely with an axial resolution of 3.5 nm, a transverse resolution of 35 nm, and a maximum depth of 7.5 mm. Moreover, it can scan 25 meridians on a 16-mm transversal field, and measure 31,232 and 25,600 points of the cornea in the anterior and posterior surfaces, respectively. Following autocalibration, the scanning process simultaneously obtains (in about 1 second) one keratoscopy, one iris front image (for the detection of pupil) as well as a sequence of 25 SD-OCT radial scans at a wavelength of 840 nm, which describe the profile of the anterior segment, including the anterior cornea, posterior cornea, anterior lens and iris [16-17].

The CASIA SS-1000 is an AS-OCT using 1,310 nm high-speed swept-source OCT technology. Images are generated using a rate of 30,000 A-scans per second with a 10.0 mm diameter scanning range. The dimensions of large depth scan are 16 mm vertical by 16 mm horizontal, with a 6 mm tissue penetration. Sixteen radial B scans and 512 A scans can be obtained in 0.3 seconds, thus building a 3D image in the corneal map mode. The Topo-Pachy-Map scan protocol also takes 0.3 seconds to acquire evenly spaced 16 radial B scans. The map calculates and provides the corneal topographic and thickness data of the anterior and posterior corneal surfaces [29].

Measurements

A complete ophthalmic examination was performed on all individuals, using instruments according to the guidelines of the manufacturer. Both devices were calibrated and the eyes were scanned three consecutive times on each device by the same experienced examiner (Q.F.), in a random order generated from MedCalc software version 15.2.2 for Windows (MedCalc software Ltd, Ostend, Belgium). Each subject was appropriately positioned on the chin rest and with the forehead resting on the device, and the eye was aligned along the visual axis with a central fixation light. The patients were instructed to fully blink just before each measurement to gain a smooth tear film. All measurements were performed in a dark room between 9:00 am and 5:00 pm to reduce the effects from diurnal ocular changes. Scans were taken in the automatic release mode. Only qualified scans indicated by the instrument were used for analysis; otherwise, the measurements were repeated. The entire procedure lasted less than 30 minutes.

The obtained anterior segments topographies for MS-39 were managed by the systematic software (version 3.6), which performed biometric measurements with the built-in tools. The following biometric measurements were obtained from the MS-39 images: K_s, K_f, K_m, TCT, CCT, ACD, CV and CD. Additionally, the built-in software in the CASIA SS-1000 automatically calculated the K_s, K_f, K_m, TCT and CCT.

Statistical Analysis

Statistical processing of data was conducted using SPSS (version 25.0) for Windows (IBM Corp., Armonk, NY, USA) and MedCalc (version 15.2.2) for Windows. The data were reported as mean ± standard deviation (SD). The normality of the obtained data was assessed using the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, in order to be able to use parametric tests. All association tests were considered to be statistically significant, if the P value was less than 0.05.

Only data from the right eye of each subject was analyzed to avoid codependence. Repeatability was evaluated using the following parameters: ICC, S_w, CoR and CoV. ICC is defined as the ratio of the between-subject variance to the sum of the pooled between-subject variance and the within-subject variance. Repeatability was classified as high level if the ICC was at least 0.8. S_w is defined as the square root of the mean variance between subjects. CoR, also known as limits of repeatability or intrasession test-retest variability, was calculated as 1.96×S_w [30]. CoV was calculated as S_w divided by the average value, shown as CoV = , and expressed as a percentage. Additionally, repeated-measures ANOVA with post hoc Bonferroni test was utilized to estimate the repeatability of the measurements mentioned above. The repeatability of MS-39 was also evaluated by Bland-Altman analysis using MedCalc, through comparison among the three repeated measurements. The 95% LoA were calculated as the mean differences among two repeated measurements ± 1.96×SD of the differences.

The average of three repeated measurements from each device was used to evaluate the agreement between MS-39 and CASIA SS-1000. The agreement between the two systems was graphically assessed by a Bland-Altman plot and numerically by the 95% LoA. Graphs were created reflecting the difference between the two devices plotted against the mean values of the two devices [31]. Furthermore, differences between the mean values measured by the two devices were evaluated by a paired t-test.

Data Availability Statement

The datasets generated during and/or analysed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.

Acknowledgements

Our study is funded by Science & Technology Benefiting People Program of Zhengzhou (2020KJHM0015) and Joint Program of Henan Provincial Medical Science & Technology Plan (LHGJ20220086).

Author Contributions

P.C.J. conceived the experiment. F.Q. conducted the examinations. Z.L.S. collected and analyzed the data. W.H. wrote the main manuscript text and Figure 1. All authors reviewed the manuscript.

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Competing Interests Statement

The authors declare no competing interests.

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Table 1. Means, medians and 95%CIs for the measurements of each examined parameter from MS-39

Parameter	Mean±SD	Median	95%CI
K_f (D)	42.90±1.19	42.89	[42.81, 42.99]
K_s (D)	44.06±1.34	44.01	[43.96, 44.16]
K_m (D)	43.47±1.21	43.40	[43.38, 43.56]
TCT (μm)	531.85±34.08	530.15	[529.33, 534.36]
CCT (μm)	535.99±34.17	535.08	[533.47, 538.52]
ACD (mm)	3.27±0.24	3.27	[3.26, 3.29]
CV (mm³)	57.69±3.30	57.53	[57.45, 57.94]
CD (mm)	11.87±0.38	11.88	[11.84, 11.89]

CI = confidence interval; K_f = central corneal radius of the flat meridian; K_s = central corneal radius of the steep meridian; K_m = mean central corneal radius; TCT = thinnest corneal thickness; CCT = central corneal thickness; ACD = anterior chamer depth; CV = corneal volume; CD = corneal diameter.

Table 2. Repeatability analysis of biometric measurements provided by MS-39

Parameter	ICC (95%CI)	S_w	CoR	CoV (%)	Repeated-measures ANOVA
Parameter	ICC (95%CI)	S_w	CoR	CoV (%)	F	P
K_f(D)	0.9956(0.9945 to 0.9965)	0.079	0.219	0.184	0.82	0.440
K_s (D)	0.9954(0.9942 to 0.9963)	0.091	0.252	0.207	1.36	0.258
K_m (D)	0.9970(0.9963 to 0.9976)	0.067	0.186	0.154	0.12	0.889
TCT (μm)	0.9993(0.9992 to 0.9995)	0.880	2.438	0.165	1.66	0.190
CCT (μm)	0.9996(0.9995 to 0.9997)	0.700	1.939	0.131	2.63	0.073
ACD (mm)	0.9988(0.9984 to 0.9990)	0.014	0.039	0.428	2.03	0.132
CV (mm³)	0.9970(0.9962 to 0.9976)	0.183	0.507	0.317	2.34	0.098
CD (mm)	0.9693(0.9620 to 0.9754)	0.066	0.183	0.556	0.50	0.608

ICC = intraclass correlation coefficient; CI = confidence interval; S_w = within subject standard deviation; CoR = coefficient of repeatability; CoV = coefficient of variation; ANOVA = analysis of variance; K_f = central corneal radius of the flat meridian; K_s = central corneal radius of the steep meridian; K_m = mean central corneal radius; TCT = thinnest corneal thickness; CCT = central corneal thickness; ACD = anterior chamer depth; CV = corneal volume; CD = corneal diameter.

Table 3. Repeatability analysis of biometric measurements provided by MS-39

8Parameter	Bonferroni correction (P)			Bland-Altman [mean difference (95%LoA)]
8Parameter	1st vs 2nd	1st vs 3rd	2nd vs 3rd	1st vs 2nd	1st vs 3rd	2nd vs 3rd
K_f(D)	0.5675	1.0000	1.0000	0.01(-0.20 to 0.22)	0.00(-022 to 0.22)	-0.01(-0.23 to 0.22)
K_s (D)	0.1891	0.9929	1.0000	-0.01(-0.23 to 0.21)	-0.01(-0.29 to 0.27)	0.00(-0.25 to 0.26)
K_m (D)	1.0000	1.0000	1.0000	0.00(-0.17 to 0.17)	0.00(-0.20 to 0.19)	0.00(-0.19 to 0.19)
TCT (μm)	0.1075	1.0000	1.0000	-0.1(-2.3 to 2.0)	-0.1(-2.8 to 2.6)	0.1(-2.4 to 2.6)
CCT (μm)	0.7150	0.0972	0.6944	-0.1(-1.7 to 1.6)	-0.1(-2.2 to 1.9)	-0.1(-2.1 to 2.0)
ACD (mm)	0.9098	0.1404	0.9675	0.00(-0.02 to 0.02)	0.00(-0.02 to 0.03)	0.00(-0.02 to 0.02)
CV (mm³)	1.0000	0.1510	0.1722	-0.01(-0.57 to 0.56)	-0.04(-0.57 to 0.50)	-0.03(-0.43 to 0.38)
CD (mm)	1.0000	1.0000	1.0000	0.00(-0.12 to 0.12)	-0.01(-0.23 to 0.22)	0.00(-0.19 to 0.19)

LoA = limits of agreement; K_f = central corneal radius of the flat meridian; K_s = central corneal radius of the steep meridian; K_m = mean central corneal radius; TCT = thinnest corneal thickness; CCT = central corneal thickness; ACD = anterior chamer depth; CV = corneal volume; CD = corneal diameter.

Table 4. Agreement between MS-39 and CASIA SS-1000 in biometric measurements

Parameter	Mean difference±SD	P	95% LoA
K_f(D)	-0.029±0.260	0.086	-0.03(-0.54 to 0.48)
K_s (D)	-0.007±0.330	0.749	-0.01(-0.65 to 0.64)
K_m (D)	-0.024±0.221	0.102	-0.02(-0.46 to 0.41)
TCT (μm)	-4.893±3.331	<0.0001	-4.9(-11.4 to 1.6)
CCT (μm)	-4.001±3.385	<0.0001	-4.0(-10.6 to 2.6)

SD = standard deviation; LoA = limits of agreement; K_f = central corneal radius of the flat meridian; K_s = central corneal radius of the steep meridian; K_m = mean central corneal radius; TCT = thinnest corneal thickness; CCT = central corneal thicknes.w

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