title: Topographic mapping of glaucomatous visual field defects to scanning laser polarimetry of the peripapillary nerve fiber layer.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To map retinal sensitivity values within glaucomatous visual field defects (VFD) to corresponding values of scanning laser polarimetry (SLP) of the peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer using the Wirtschafter disc sector classification.
  
  
  METHODS
  Eyes with glaucomatous VFD (N = 28) underwent SLP and Humphrey automated perimetry. The Wirtschafter disc sector classification was used to obtain SLP values corresponding to VFD. The average and modulated SLP values were calculated and correlated with VFD.
  
  
  RESULTS
  No significant correlation was found between retinal sensitivity and the Wirtschafter disc sector SLP values, using average values (P =.904) or modulated values (P =.409).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Despite use of modulation parameters customized to correspond with the Wirtschafter disc sector classification, topographic mapping of retinal sensitivity levels within glaucomatous VFD to corresponding SLP values was not possible in this group of glaucomatous eyes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, University of Washington, Seattle 98195-6485, USA.
authors.forename: Jerry R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Shields
authors.forename: Philip P
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Richard P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Mills
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D005902:Glaucoma, Open-Angle / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007834:Lasers; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009412:Nerve Fibers / Q000473:pathology*; D009900:Optic Nerve / Q000473:pathology*; D012165:Retinal Ganglion Cells / Q000473:pathology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D058609:Visual Field Tests / Q000379:methods*; D014794:Visual Fields