The nerve fibre layer symmetry test: Computerized evaluation of human retinal nerve fibre layer thickness as measured by optical coherence tomography

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 410-418

  Hougaard, Jesper Leth ^a   Heijl, Anders ^b   Krogh, Erik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Automated analysis; Diagnosis; Glaucoma; Optical coherence tomography; Retinal nerve fibre layer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAMERA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED PERIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE; MALE; OCULOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA NEUROEPITHELIAL LAYER; SAMPLE SIZE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENSOR; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TONOMETER; VALIDATION PROCESS; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

AGED; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; PILOT PROJECTS; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 4444370753     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1395-3907.2004.00302.x     Document Type: Article

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