Peripapillary nerve fiber layer thickness measurement reproducibility using scanning laser polarimetry

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 12-15

  Hoh, Sek Tien ^a,b,c,d   Ishikawa, Hiroshi ^a,b,e   Greenfield, David S ^a,b   Liebmann, Jeffrey M ^a,b   Chew, Sek Jin ^c,d   Ritch, Robert ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^d SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

^e MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Birefringence; Glaucoma; Imaging; Nerve fiber layer; Optic nerve; Repeatability; Reproducibility; Scanning laser polarimetry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ERROR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LASER; MEASUREMENT; NERVE FIBER; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; POLARIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETINA NERVE CELL; RETINA NEUROEPITHELIAL LAYER;

EID: 0031890436     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00061198-199802000-00003     Document Type: Article

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