title: Biomechanics of the cornea evaluated by spectral analysis of waveforms from ocular response analyzer and Corvis-ST.
abstract: In this study, spectral analysis of the deformation signal from Corvis-ST (CoST) and reflected light intensity from ocular response analyzer (ORA) was performed to evaluate biomechanical concordance with each other.
  
  
  
  The study was non-interventional, observational, cross-sectional and involved 188 eyes from 94 normal subjects. Three measurements were made on each eye with ORA and CoST each and then averaged for each device. The deformation signal from CoST and reflected light intensity (applanation) signal from ORA was compiled for all the eyes. The ORA signal was inverted about a line joining the two applanation peaks. All the signals were analyzed with Fourier series. The area under the signal curves (AUC), root mean square (RMS) of all the harmonics, lower order (LO included 1st and 2nd order harmonic), higher order (HO up to 6th harmonic), CoST deformation amplitude (DA), corneal hysteresis (CH) and corneal resistance factor (CRF) were analyzed.
  
  
  
  The device variables and those calculated by Fourier transform were statistically significantly different between CoST and ORA. These variables also differed between the eyes of the same subject. There was also statistically significant influence of eyes (left vs. right) on the differences in a sub-set of RMS variables only. CH and CRF differed statistically significantly between the eyes of subject (p<0.001) but not DA (p = 0.65).
  
  
  
  CoST was statistically significantly different from ORA. CoST may be useful in delineating true biomechanical differences between the eyes of a subject as it reports deformation.
authors.affiliation: Glaucoma Service, Narayana Nethralaya, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Sushma
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tejwani
authors.affiliation: Refractive Surgery, Narayana Nethralaya, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Rohit
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Shetty
authors.affiliation: Cataract Surgery, Narayana Nethralaya, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Mathew
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kurien
authors.affiliation: Glaucoma Service, Narayana Nethralaya, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Shoruba
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dinakaran
authors.affiliation: Gene, Repair and Regeneration in Ocular Workstation (GROW research lab), Narayana Nethralaya, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Arkasubhra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ghosh
authors.affiliation: Imaging, Biomechanics and Mathematical Modeling Solutions (IBMS) lab, Narayana Nethralaya, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Abhijit
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sinha Roy
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003315:Cornea; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012029:Refraction, Ocular; D012031:Refractometry / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*