Morphometric features in the lamina cribrosa observed by a scanning laser ophthalmoscope

Journal of Japanese Ophthalmological Society

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 48-55

  Maeda, Hidetaka ^a   Nakamura, Makoto ^a   Yamamoto, Misao ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Lamina cribrosa; Laminar pore; Scanning laser ophthalmoscope

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MORPHOMETRICS; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPE; SCLERA;

GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTIC DISK;

EID: 0032928333     PISSN: 00290203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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