Use of a confocal laser scanning ophthalmoscope to detect glaucomatous cupping of the optic disc

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 217-220

  Cucevic, Viviene ^a   Brooks, Anne M V ^b,c   Strang, Nicole T ^b   Klein, Anthony G ^a   Nugent, Keith A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL VICTORIAN EYE AND EAR HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Confocal laser scanning ophthalmoscope; Early detection of glaucoma; Optic disc cupping; Spherical harmonics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; MALE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 0030952615     PISSN: 08149763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.1997.tb01395.x     Document Type: Article

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