Repeatability and reproducibility of optic nerve head topography using the retinal thickness analyzer

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 244, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 192-198

  Hoffmann, Esther M ^a,b   Medeiros, Felipe A ^b   Kramann, Christina ^a   Pfeiffer, Norbert ^a   Grus, Franz H ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Glaucoma; Optic disk topography; Retinal thickness analyzer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETINA EXAMINATION;

ADULT; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; OPTIC DISK; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETINA; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33644533812     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-005-0027-2     Document Type: Article

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