کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
8791874 1602546 2018 7 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Improving the quality of electroretinogram recordings using active electrodes
ترجمه فارسی عنوان
بهبود کیفیت ضبط الکترستینوگرام با استفاده از الکترودهای فعال
کلمات کلیدی
الکتروترینوگرام، الکترود های فعال نسبت سیگنال به نویز، تابع شبکیه،
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری ایمنی شناسی و میکروب شناسی ایمونولوژی و میکروب شناسی (عمومی)
چکیده انگلیسی
The aim of this study was to compare the quality of electroretinogram (ERG) recordings using a custom built active electrode with attached amplifier versus a standard (passive) ERG electrode. Scotopic and photopic ERG responses were recorded from five adult albino rabbits using a custom built active electrode on one eye and a passive electrode on the other. For the active electrode, the ERG-jet electrode (Universo S.A., La Chaux-De-Fonds, Switzerland) was used as the transducer with the cable cut short and soldered directly to the input of a customized amplifier. The passive electrode was a standard ERG jet electrode. The signal to noise ratio and reproducibility of ERGs were compared. The noise was significantly lower in the active electrode compared to the passive electrode (p = 0.009) resulting in signals being recorded at lower stimulation strengths with the active electrode. The scotopic a-wave was significantly larger in the active electrode at all supra-threshold stimulation intensities (p < 0.05) and the scotopic b-wave amplitudes were also higher in the active electrode at all supra-threshold stimulation intensities but was only statistically significant between −3.25 and −1 log cd.s.m−2 (p < 0.05). The photopic a- and b-wave amplitudes were also higher in the active electrode and statistically significant between −0.75 and 0.48 log cd.s.m−2 for the a-wave and −1.25 to −1 log cd.s.m−2 for the b-wave (p < 0.05). The intra-observer repeatability, inter-sessions reproducibility and reliability of the signals were better in the active electrode as evidenced by lower coefficient of variation (CV) and coefficient of repeatability (CR) with high intra-class correlation coefficient (ICC) of the a- and b-wave parameters of the active electrode. These findings suggest that the custom built active ERG electrode produces less noise than the passive electrode, allowing responses to be recorded at lower stimulation strengths. It produces greater signal amplitudes and improved reproducibility and is therefore a better device for investigating retinal function.
ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Experimental Eye Research - Volume 176, November 2018, Pages 46-52
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