Histopathologic Validation of Fourier-Ellipsometry Measurements of Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Thickness

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 1990, Pages 557-560

  Weinreb, Robert N ^a   Dreher, Andreas W ^a   Coleman, Anne ^b   Quigley, Harry ^b   Shaw, Blake ^a   Reiter, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIREFRINGENCE; ELLIPSOMETRY; HISTOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA NEUROEPITHELIAL LAYER;

ANIMAL; FOURIER ANALYSIS; FUNDUS OCULI; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LASERS; MACACA FASCICULARIS; NERVE FIBERS; OPTIC NERVE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0025329536     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 15383601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.1990.01070060105058     Document Type: Article

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