Influence of lens autofluorescence on retinal nerve fiber layer evaluation

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 524-527

  Siik, S ^a   Airaksinen, P J ^a   Tuulonen, A ^a   Nieminen, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Autofluorescence; Glaucoma; Nuclear cataract; Retinal nerve fiber layer photography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE; CAMERA; COLOR; EYE FUNDUS; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FILM; FILTER; FLUOROMETRY; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LENS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETINA IMAGE; SENESCENCE; VISIBILITY; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0031436778     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0420.1997.tb00142.x     Document Type: Article

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