Effect of individualized compensation for anterior segment birefringence on retinal nerve fiber layer assessments as determined by scanning laser polarimetry

Ophthalmology

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 719-725

  Choplin, Neil T ^b   Zhou, Qienyuan ^a   Knighton, Robert W ^c  

^a Laser Diagnostic Technologies Inc   (United States)

^b San Diego   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; ARTICLE; BIREFRINGENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MODULATION; NERVE FIBER; POLARIMETRY; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; RETINA NERVE CELL; SCANNING LASER POLARIMETRY; SLIT LAMP; THICKNESS;

EID: 0242668741     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(02)01899-7     Document Type: Article

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