Comparison between newly developed scanning peripheral anterior chamber depth analyzer and conventional methods of evaluating anterior chamber configuration

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 380-387

  Kashiwagi, Kenji ^a   Tsumura, Toyoaki ^a   Tsukahara, Shigeo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Angle closure glaucoma; Peripheral anterior chamber depth; Shaffer system; Ultrasound biomicroscopy; Van Herick technique

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYZER; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER DEPTH; ARTICLE; BIOMICROSCOPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPIL; SCANNING PERIPHERAL ANTERIOR CHAMBER DEPTH ANALYZER; SCLERA; SHAFFER GRADING SYSTEM; SLIT LAMP; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TECHNIQUE; VAN HERICK TECHNIQUE;

AGED; ANTERIOR CHAMBER; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, ANGLE-CLOSURE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; GONIOSCOPY; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ACOUSTIC; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 33748945549     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ijg.0000212254.17950.0b     Document Type: Article

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