Anterior segment imaging: Ultrasound biomicroscopy and anterior segment optical coherence tomography

Current Opinion in Ophthalmology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 115-121

  Nolan, Winifred ^a  

^a CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anterior segment imaging; Anterior segment optical coherence tomography; Ultrasound biomicroscopy

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER ANGLE; BIOMICROSCOPY; CILIARY BODY; CILIARY BODY TUMOR; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; CYCLODIALYSIS CLEFT; EYE DISEASE; EYE SURGERY; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IRIS TUMOR; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; GLAUCOMA, ANGLE-CLOSURE; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ACOUSTIC; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 40049103467     PISSN: 10408738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICU.0b013e3282f40bba     Document Type: Review

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