Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Assessment Using Scanning Laser Polarimetry

International Ophthalmology Clinics

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 29-42

  Bagga, Harmohina ^a   Greenfield, David S ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; BIREFRINGENCE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PATIENT MONITORING; POLARIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETINA IMAGE; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; RETINA NERVE CELL; REVIEW; SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPE; VISUAL FIELD;

DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; LASERS; NERVE FIBERS; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 1942438023     PISSN: 00208167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004397-200404420-00005     Document Type: Review

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