title: Comparison of anterior chamber depth measurements conducted with Pentacam HR® and IOLMaster®.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Anterior chamber depth (ACD) is an important anterior segment parameter. This study compared ACD measurements conducted with two optical devices in phakic, emmetropic eyes.
  
  
  METHODS
  Eighty-three phakic eyes of 44 patients with a mean axial length of 23.06 ± 0.94 mm were enrolled in the study. ACD was measured three times with the Scheimpflug-based Pentacam HR (Oculus, Wetzlar, Germany), then three times with IOLMaster (Carl Zeiss Meditec, Dublin, CA), and data were statistically analyzed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The measurements resulted in a mean ACD of 3.01 ± 0.34 mm with Pentacam HR and 2.95 ± 0.32 mm with IOLMaster. Distribution of data was normal, and no significant difference in ACD values was detected (P = .29) between the two devices. Correlation between ACD measurements was highly significant (r = 0.85; P < .0001).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In phakic eyes, ACD measured with Pentacam HR and with IOLMaster showed similar values, and high correlation was observed between these two devices.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Medical and Health Science Center, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary. nemeth222@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Gábor
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Németh
authors.forename: Ziad
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Hassan
authors.forename: László
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Módis
authors.forename: Eszter
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Szalai
authors.forename: Kristof
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Katona
authors.forename: Andras
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Berta
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000867:Anterior Chamber / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D058452:Axial Length, Eye; D001699:Biometry / Q000379:methods*; D003941:Diagnostic Techniques, Ophthalmological / Q000295:instrumentation; D006801:Humans; D007368:Interferometry / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D014463:Ultrasonography