Influence of cataract on scanning laser polarimetry

Journal of Japanese Ophthalmological Society

Volumn 104, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 626-630

  Chiba, Tatsuya ^a   Kogure, Satoshi ^a   Tsukahara, Shigeo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cataract; Lens Opacities Classification System III; Nerve fiber layer thickness; Scanning laser polarimetry

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LASER; MALE; NERVE FIBER; OPTIC DISK; PATHOLOGY;

AGED; CATARACT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASERS; MALE; NERVE FIBERS; OPTIC DISK;

EID: 0034266436     PISSN: 00290203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (16)

1. Weinreb RN, Shakiba S, Zangwill L : Scanning laser polarimetry to measure the nerve fiber layer of normal and glaucomatous eyes. Am J Ophthalmol 119 : 627-636, 1995.
2. Chi QM, Tomita G, Inazumi K, Hayakawa T, Ido T, Kitazawa Y : Evaluation of the effect of aging on the retinal nerve fiber layer thickness using scanning laser polarimetry. J Glaucoma 4 : 406-413, 1995.
3. Kogure S, Iijima H, Tsukahara S: A new parameter for assessing the thickness of the retinal nerve fiber layer for glaucoma diagnosis. Eur J Ophthalmol 9 : 93-98, 1999.
4. Heuer DK, Anderson DR, Knighton RW, Feuer WJ, Gressel MG : The influence of simulated light scattering on automated perimetric threshold measurements. Arch Ophthalmol 106 : 1247-1251, 1988.
5. Gillies WE, Brooks AMV : Effect of lens opacity on the glaucomatous field of vision. Aust NZJ Ophthalmol 26 : S 19-21, 1998.
6. Chylack LT, Wolfe JK, Singer DM, Leske MC, Bullimore MA, Bailey IL, et al : The Lens Opacities Classification System III. Arch Ophthalmol 111: 831-836, 1993.
7. Zangwill L, Berry CA, Garden VS, Weinrcb RN : Reproducibility of retardation measurements with the nerve fiber analyzer II. J Glaucoma 6 : 384-389, 1997.
8. Hoh SK, Grcenficld DS, Licbmann JM, IHIIcnkamp J, Ishikawa II, Ritch R, et al : Effect of pupillary dilation on retinal nerve fiber layer thickness as measured by scanning laser polarimetry in eyes with and without cataract. J Glaucoma 8 : 159-163, 1999.
9. Kogure S, Chiba T, Tsukahara S : Properties of artifacts on scanning laser polarimetry. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sei 40 : S 73, 1999.
10. Bettelheim FA : On the Optical Anisotropy of Lens Fiber Cells. Exp Eye Res 21:231-234,1975.
11. Weale RA : Sex age and birefringence of the human crystalline lens. Exp Eye Res 29 : 449-461. 1979.
12. Poinoosawmy D, Fontana L, Wu JX, Fitzkc FW, Hitchings RA : Variation of nerve fibre layer thickness measurements with age and ethnicity by scanning laser polarimetry. Br J Ophthalmol 81 : 350-354,1997.