Objective: To determine the frequency range of a-b wave complex in the dark- and light-adapted electroretinogram (ERG) and to isolate the pure a- and b- waves.
Methods: Case series study. Full-field ERGs were recorded in 16 eyes of 8 normal volunteers from October to November 2011. Digital filtering technique was used to extract the a- and b-waves from dark- and light-adapted ERG responses. The timings of a- and b-wave were measured to determine the frequency range of a-b wave complex. Major frequency components were determined from power spectra using fast Fourier transform (FFT). The effect of different order settings in the digital filter were compared to investigate the optimum condition, where the oscillatory potential (OP) was completely removed while the amplitudes and phases of the a- and b- waves were less affected. The Student-t test was used to compare the frequency range of a-b wave complex in dark- and light-adapted ERG.
Results: The averaged frequency range of the dark-adapted a-b wave complex was from (14.99 ± 2.39) to (25.35 ± 3.77) Hz, compared with (25.22 ± 6.56) to (32.47 ± 3.68) Hz for the light-adapted a-b wave complex, respectively, indicating the frequency range of the dark-adapted a-b wave complex was significantly less than the light-adapted a-b wave complex (t = 7.910, 7.693; both P < 0.01). The third order of the digital filter and a passband of 1 to 45 Hz was the best choice in term of removing the high frequency OP from the waveform of ERG and keeping the amplitude and phase of the a- and b- waves.
Conclusions: The frequency of a-b wave complex is lower than that of OP. Therefore the a- and b- waves can be isolated from OP using different digital filter settings in human ERG. A third order and a passband of 1 to 45 Hz is the best choice to extract pure a- and b- waves from the original ERG.
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