Evaluating the optic nerve and retinal nerve fibre layer: The roles of Heidelberg retina tomography, scanning laser polarimetry and optical coherence tomography

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 194-202

  Hoh, Sek Tien ^a  

^a SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Glaucoma; Imaging; Ophthalmoscopy; Optic neuropathy; Topography

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ETHNICITY; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MEDLINE; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; OPTIC NERVE FIBER; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PATIENT MONITORING; POLARIMETRY; PUBLICATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETINA NERVE CELL; REVIEW; SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPY; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOPOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTIC NERVE; OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY; RETINA;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTIC NERVE; RETINA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 34249711374     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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