New developments in optical coherence tomography for glaucoma

Current Opinion in Ophthalmology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 127-135

  Chang, Robert ^a   Budenz, Donald L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Glaucoma; Optical coherence tomography; Retinal nerve fiber layer

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ETHNICITY; EYE MOVEMENT; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; MYOPIA; OPTIC DISK; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA NERVE CELL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

DISEASE PROGRESSION; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; NERVE FIBERS; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 40049096480     PISSN: 10408738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICU.0b013e3282f36cdf     Document Type: Review

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