Measurement variability in Heidelberg retina tomograph imaging of neuroretinal rim area

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 5322-5330

  Owen, Victoria M F ^a   Strouthidis, Nicholas G ^b   Garway Heath, David F ^b   Crabb, David P ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA; HEIDELBERG RETINA TOMOGRAPH; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; NOISE; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL DETECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETINA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; OBSERVER VARIATION; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETINA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 34248180570     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.06-0096     Document Type: Article

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