Improved reproducibility of retinal nerve fiber layer thickness measurements with the repeat-scan protocol using the Stratus OCT in normal and glaucomatous eyes

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 247, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 245-252

  Tzamalis, Argyrios ^a   Kynigopoulos, Myron ^a   Schlote, Torsten ^a   Haefliger, Ivan ^b  

^a Klinik Pallas   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY EYE CLINIC   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Glaucoma; Optical coherence tomography; Repeat scan protocol; Reproducibility; Retinal nerve fiber layer thickness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETINA NERVE CELL; THICKNESS;

ADULT; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETINA; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57949101661     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-008-0946-9     Document Type: Article

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