Normative data of outer photoreceptor layer thickness obtained by software image enhancing based on Stratus optical coherence tomography images

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 800-805

  Christensen, U C ^a,c   Kroyer, K ^a   Thomadsen, J ^b   Jorgensen, T M ^b   La Cour, M ^a   Sander, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; LIGHT SCATTERING; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; NORMAL HUMAN; NORMAL VALUE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PHOTORECEPTOR; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA FOVEA; RETINA MACULA LUTEA;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTORECEPTORS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SOFTWARE; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 45249115919     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2007.130500     Document Type: Article

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