The effect of atypical birefringence patterns on glaucoma detection using scanning laser polarimetry with variable corneal compensation

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 223-227

  Bowd, Christopher ^a   Medeiros, Felipe A ^a   Weinreb, Robert N ^a   Zangwill, Linda M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIREFRINGENCE; CORNEA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLARIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPY; SCORING SYSTEM; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; ADOLESCENT; LASER; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBER; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETINA GANGLION CELL; ROC CURVE; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIREFRINGENCE; CORNEA; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; LASERS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; ROC CURVE;

EID: 33846897492     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.06-0787     Document Type: Article

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