Evidence map›Paper›PMID 42237101›Full record

ArticleBMC ophthalmology2026

Comparison of spectral-domain optical coherence tomography biometry measurements with partial coherence interferometry optical biometry.

Konuralp Yakar, Gökhan Özgür

Abstract readComparative Study
In one paragraph

Article in BMC ophthalmology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
0citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Konuralp YakarDepartment of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Atılım University, Ankara, Turkey. alpyakar@yahoo.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3839-5699
Gökhan ÖzgürDepartment of Ophthalmology, Medicana International Samsun Hospital, Samsun, Turkey.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1759-9753

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThis study aimed to evaluate the agreement and interchangeability between a spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT)-based biometer (REVO FC) and a partial coherence interferometry (PCI) device (AL Scan).

methodsThis prospective comparative cross-sectional study included 60 right eyes of 60 patients aged 40-82 years, diagnosed with senile cataracts. Measurements of axial length (AL), anterior chamber depth (ACD), keratometry (K1, K2), and astigmatism vector components (J0, J45) were conducted using both devices. Paired comparisons were performed using appropriate statistical tests. Agreement was evaluated using Bland-Altman analysis, while correlation and reliability were assessed using Pearson correlation coefficients and interclass correlation coefficients (ICC).

resultsNo statistically significant differences were observed in AL (p = 0.507) or ACD (p = 0.218), with excellent correlations (AL: r = 0.998; ACD: r = 0.945). Bland-Altman analysis demonstrated excellent agreement for AL measurements, with a mean difference (bias) of - 0.01 mm and narrow 95% limits of agreement (LoA: -0.245 to 0.225 mm). For ACD, the mean difference was 0.02 mm, with a moderately wider LoA (- 0.244 to 0.288 mm), indicating an acceptable but less robust agreement compared to AL. The keratometric values were significantly higher with REVO FC (K1: +0.76 D; K2: +0.94 D; both p < 0.001), indicating a systematic bias. Despite strong correlations (K1: r = 0.980; K2: r = 0.924), the Bland-Altman analysis revealed wide limits of agreement. J0 exhibited no significant difference (p = 0.889), whereas J45 differed significantly (p = 0.028). Both vector components demonstrated moderate agreement, with relatively wide limits of agreement.

conclusionREVO FC and AL Scan demonstrate excellent agreement for AL and ACD measurements and may be used interchangeably for these parameters. However, significant discrepancies in keratometric and astigmatic measurements limit their interchangeability.

Indexed as

Anterior ChamberAxial Length, EyeBiometryCataractInterferometryTomography, Optical CoherenceAdultAgedAged, 80 and overCorneaCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedProspective StudiesAL ScanBiometryOCTREVO FC

Identifiers

PMID42237101
PMCPMC13449494

What Socratic holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the Socratic graph.