Variability of the normalised rim/disc area quotient estimated by laser scanning tomography. A comparison with conventional planimetry

International Ophthalmology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 263-267

  Boros, Agnes Sarolta ^a,b   Jonescu Cuypers, Christian Paul ^a   Bartz Schmidt, Karl Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA; HEIDELBERG RETINA TOMOGRAPH; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; VISION; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; FEMALE; FUNDUS OCULI; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; LASERS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; OPTIC DISK; PHOTOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0141496377     PISSN: 01655701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025459506203     Document Type: Article

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