[Statistical analysis of visual fields by the automatic perimeter Octopus 2000 R with the Delta program].

The difference tables gives, on a numeric table, the difference between first and second examination. The confidence interval is given out by a statistical test (T-test) which can be applied to the following parts of visual field: pathological area, whole field. We present a number of visual field examinations (Program 33) from glaucomatous patients, analysed through "change mode". We can make the following remarks: When we assess an improvement, it is underlined in "Delta Program", which indicates: significant improvement. When the visual field is unchanged, "Delta Program" indicates a fluctuation: aggravation or improvement (almost always insignificant). A subjective alteration is always underlined by "Delta Program". The program allows an objective interpretation and, when it is combined with the usual objective interpretation, makes the evaluation of campimetric deficiency easier. The importance of statistical analysis, besides the fact that it associates the visual field to one or several mean values, is to set it off as exactly as possible. Flammer and coll. (1985) propose a new index: "corrected loss variation".