Quantification of Nerve Fiber Layer Thickness in Normal and Glaucomatous Eyes Using Optical Coherence Tomography: A Pilot Study

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 113, Issue 5, 1995, Pages 586-596

  Schuman, Joel S ^a   Hee, Michael R ^b   Puliafito, Carmen A ^a   Wong, Carlton ^a   Pedut Kloizman, Tamar ^a   Lin, Charles P ^a   Hertzmark, Ellen ^a   Izatt, Joseph A ^b   Swanson, Eric A ^b   Fujimoto, James G ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHENYLEPHRINE; TROPICAMIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NERVE FIBER; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OPTIC NERVE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THICKNESS; VISUAL FIELD;

FEMALE; FUNDUS OCULI; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; NERVE FIBERS; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE; PHOTOGRAPHY; RETINA; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TOMOGRAPHY; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 0029068398     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 15383601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.1995.01100050054031     Document Type: Article

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