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Comparison of Pupillometer With Pupillometry Function of Binocular Free-Viewing Autorefractor. Charles D Cohn, MD; Jay C Bradley, MD; Peter W Wu, BS; Sandra M. Brown, MD The authors have no financial interest in the subject matter of this poster. Background.
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Comparison of Pupillometer With Pupillometry Function of Binocular Free-Viewing Autorefractor Charles D Cohn, MD; Jay C Bradley, MD; Peter W Wu, BS; Sandra M. Brown, MD The authors have no financial interest in the subject matter of this poster
Background • Accurate measurement of the dark-adapted pupil diameter (DAPD) has become a standard element of the pre-operative assessment for corneal and intraocular refractive surgery • Most pupillometers in clinical use occlude one eye, which theoretically enlarges pupil size by halving the total retinal light flux • No independent clinical data have been presented comparing a monocular device to a binocular free-viewing device
Purpose To assess the performance of a binocular free-viewing autorefractor with pupillometry function against a monocular occlusion pupillometer (Neuroptics Pupillometer or NOP) of known clinical performance. Note: The NOP has been validated in previous studies to be reliable under our test conditions.1
Devices Used WAM-5500 Binocular Accommodation Instrument (FVAR) NeurOptics pupillometer (NOP)
Methods • All subjects were volunteers without strabismus, prior intraocular surgery, or trauma affecting pupillary shape • Device test order and eye test order were randomized • All subjects were dark-adapted prior to testing • 50 patients, divided evenly into groups by age, were tested under 1 lux and 7 lux ambient illumination with controlled distance fixation at 20 feet • Testing with the FVAR was done with both eyes open (binocular) and repeated with one eye occluded (monocular) • Testing with the NOP was repeated until a standard deviation <0.07 mm was obtained
Results • FVAR had clinically unacceptable outliers of ≥ 0.5 mm in DAPD at both illumination levels tested • At all age decades, FVAR underestimates DAPD • Right or left eye testing order and which device was tested first did not affect results
Results • The FVAR is quite sensitive to small degrees of parallax and decentration and significant effort was required to obtain measurements even in fully cooperative subjects. • The FVAR takes only one measurement of pupil size instead of averaging several measurements and providing a standard deviation (SD) • Pupil size is larger when occluding one eye when testing with the FVAR
Results Mean DAPD (in mm) as a function of age for the NOP & FVAR at 1 & 7 lux
Results Difference in DAPD (in mm) between NOP & Binocular FVAR
Results Difference (in mm) between right eye DAPD with left eye occluded and with both eyes open using FVAR
Conclusions • The WAM 5500 pupillometry function frequently disagreed with the NOP by ≥ 0.5 mm in DAPD. • Testing the first eye with the NOP does not induce sustained pupillary constriction that biases the result of the second eye. • The FVAR is technically more difficult to operate than the NOP • FVAR accuracy may suffer since the device obtains only a single measurement instead of averaging several • FVAR measurements suggest pupil size is larger with one eye occluded
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