Scanning laser polarimetry - A review

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 68-80

  Da Pozzo, Stefano ^a   Marchesan, Roberta ^a   Ravalico, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Glaucoma; Perimetry; Retinal nerve fibre layer

Indexed keywords

ATROPHY; AUTOMATION; BIREFRINGENCE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE BLOOD FLOW; EYE FUNDUS; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; KERATOMILEUSIS; MYOPIA; OPTIC DISK; PERIMETRY; POLARIMETRY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REFRACTION ERROR; REFRACTIVE SURGERY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETINA MACULOPATHY; REVIEW; SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPY; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; OPHTHALMOSCOPY;

EID: 63649103166     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2008.01891.x     Document Type: Review

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