Retinal nerve fiber layer birefringence evaluated with polarization sensitive spectral domain OCT and scanning laser polarimetry: A comparison

Journal of Biophotonics

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 129-139

  Gotzinger E ^a   Pircher, M ^a   Baumann, B ^a   Hirn, C ^a   Vass, C ^a   Hitzenberger, C K ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Birefringence; Nerve fiber layer; Optical coherence tomography; Polarization; Retardation; Retina; Scanning laser polarimetry

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; COHERENT LIGHT; ELLIPSOMETRY; EYE PROTECTION; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY; POLARIMETERS; POLARIZATION; STRAIN MEASUREMENT;

NERVE FIBER LAYERS; POLARIZATION SENSITIVE; RETARDATION; RETINA; RETINAL NERVE FIBER LAYERS; SCANNING LASER POLARIMETRY; SPECTRAL DOMAIN OCT; SPECTRAL DOMAIN OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHIES;

SCANNING;

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BIREFRINGENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; LASER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBER; OPTIC DISK; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PATHOLOGY; RETINA GANGLION CELL; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

BIREFRINGENCE; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; LASERS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; OPTIC DISK; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 61549089146     PISSN: 1864063X     EISSN: 18640648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbio.200710009     Document Type: Article

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