Evaluation of optic disc cupping using high-resolution ocular ultrasound

Eye

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 54-60

  Beatty, S ^a   Good, P A ^a   McLaughlin, J ^a   Tsaloumas, M ^a   O'Neill, E C ^a  

^a CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Glaucoma; Optic cup; Retinal tomography; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER; MORPHOMETRICS; OPTIC DISK CUP; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND; VALIDATION PROCESS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0031934010     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.1998.10     Document Type: Article

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