Improved contrast of peripapillary hyperpigmentation using polarization analysis

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1099-1106

  Mellem Kairala, Mariane B ^a,b   Elsner, Ann E ^a   Weber, Anke ^a,c   Simmons, Ruthanne B ^a,d   Burns, Stephen A ^a  

^a SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c OPHTHALMIC CONSULTANTS OF BOSTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; BIREFRINGENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POLARIMETRY; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LASER; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; HYPERPIGMENTATION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LASERS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES;

EID: 16244383216     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.04-0574     Document Type: Article

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