Scanning laser polarimetry with variable corneal compensation: Identification and correction for corneal birefringence in eyes with macular disease

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1969-1976

  Bagga, Harmohina ^b   Greenfield, David S ^a   Knighton, Robert W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIREFRINGENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; POLARIMETRY; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DISEASE; RETINA MACULA DISEASE; SCANNING LASER POLARIMETRY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIREFRINGENCE; CORNEA; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; LASERS; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; RETINAL DISEASES; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 0242416958     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.02-0923     Document Type: Article

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