Morphometric features of laminar pores in lamina cribrosa observed by scanning laser ophthalmoscopy

Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 415-421

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

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

He Ne laser; Lamina cribrosa; Laminar pore; Primary open angle glaucoma; Scanning laser ophthalmoscope

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE FUNDUS; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MORPHOMETRICS; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPY;

GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LASERS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OBSERVER VARIATION; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NEUROPATHY, ISCHEMIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 0033200317     PISSN: 00215155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-5155(99)00090-8     Document Type: Article

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