Improving the repeatability of Heidelberg retina tomograph and Heidelberg retina tomograph II rim area measurements

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 89, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1433-1437

  Strouthidis, N G ^a,b   White, E T ^a   Owen, V M F ^c   Ho, T A ^a   Garway Heath, D F ^a,b  

^a MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETINA; SCANNING LASER TOMOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 27344452923     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2005.067306     Document Type: Article

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