Quantitative comparison of disc rim color in optic nerve atrophy of compressive optic neuropathy and glaucomatous optic neuropathy

Abstract

A quantitative and objective assessment of optic disc color was useful in differentiating early-stage CON from GON and NOR.

Invited Commentary: Ganglion Cell Complex Measurement in Compressive Optic Neuropathy

“…The crucial predictor is the appearance of the optic discs. Recovery of function correlates with the amount of optic atrophy (1–4). This can be gauged so easily by fundus examination that I seldom bother with optical coherence tomography (OCT).…”

Automatic computer‐aided analysis of optic disc pallor in fundus photographs

“…; Kang & Kim ; Nakano et al. ). Third, we adopted two novel parameters to overcome the major obstacles of objective assessment of optic disc pallor in previous studies (Schwartz et al.…”

“…; Kang & Kim ; Nakano et al. ). Due to the difficulty in delineating the boundaries of the optic cup and neuroretinal rim area on fundus photographs, we defined a ‘clinically significant neuroretinal rim’ adjacent to the optic disc boundary that can be automatically segmented without difficulty (Jonas et al.…”

“…; Nakano et al. ). However, defining the boundaries of the neuroretinal rim is not feasible (O’Neill et al.…”

“…; Kang & Kim ; Nakano et al. ). Herein, in this study, we developed a fully automated computer‐aided detection (CAD) system for optic disc pallor on fundus photographs via a risk analysis algorithm.…”