Quantifying retinal nerve fiber layer thickness histologically: A novel approach to sectioning of the retina

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1404-1409

  Blumenthal, Eytan Z ^a,b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY REGIONS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; EVALUATION; GLAUCOMA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; OPTIC DISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RETINA; RETINA NERVE CELL; RETINA NEUROEPITHELIAL LAYER; STANDARDIZATION; THICKNESS; TISSUE SECTION; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVE FIBER; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SWINE;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MICROTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC DISK; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SWINE;

EID: 2442688229     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.03-0744     Document Type: Article

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