Analysis of HRT images: Comparison of reference planes

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 3970-3975

  Poli, Alessandro ^a,b,c   Strouthidis, Nicholas G ^a   Ho, Tuan A ^a   Garway Heath, David F ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b University Eye Clinic   (Italy)

^c IRCCS FONDAZIONE BIETTI   (Italy)

^d MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; HEIDELBERG RETINAL TOMOGRAPH; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; STEREOMETRY; VELOCITY; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL FIELD;

ADULT; AGED; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MIDDLE AGED; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; REFERENCE VALUES; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 53149083009     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.08-1764     Document Type: Article

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