Improved reproducibility of measurements with the Nerve Fiber Analyzer

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 203-211

  Tjon Fo Sang, Martha J H ^a   Van Strik, Roel ^b   De Vries, Jelle ^a   Lemij, Hans G ^a  

^a ROTTERDAM EYE HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Confocal scanning laser ophthalmoscope; Nerve fiber layer; Scanning laser polarimetry

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANALYZER; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEASUREMENT; NERVE FIBER; NORMAL HUMAN; OPTIC DISK; POLARIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETINA; SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPY;

EID: 0030733809     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00061198-199708000-00003     Document Type: Article

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