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Correction of optic disc measurements on fundus photographs

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If defined as diameter of image/diameter of object, the magnification M of the eye-camera system is kB, where k is a camera constant and B represents the vergence of the internal axis of the eye. The magnification may be assessed (1) from the length l of the eye, using the formula 1.336 k/(l-0.0016); (2) from the glass refraction G, using the formula kD/(1-G/D), in which D is the “normal” refractive power of the eye; or (3) from the principal point refraction A and the deviation ΔD 1 from the “normal” refractive power of the cornea, using the formula kD · (1 + Δ B/D), where ΔB = Δ + 0. 84 ΔD 1. If k is 0.042 m, as in the Zeiss camera, and D is about 60 dpt, the formulas may be written as (1) M= 0.056/(l-0.0016); (2) M=2.5/(1–0.017 G); and (3) M= 2.5 · (1 + 0.017Δ B).

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This work was supported by the Herman Järnhardts Stiftelse, by the Swedish Medical Research Council (projects 5202 and 7527) and by the Kung Gustaf V : s och Drottning Victorias Stiftelse

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Bengtsson, B., Krakau, C.E.T. Correction of optic disc measurements on fundus photographs. Graefe's Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 230, 24–28 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00166758

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