Optic disc progression in glaucoma: Comparison of confocal scanning laser tomography to optic disc photographs in a prospective study

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1682-1691

  Chauhan, Balwantray C ^a   Hutchison, Donna M ^a   Artes, Paul H ^a   Caprioli, Joseph ^b   Jonas, Jost B ^c   LeBlanc, Raymond P ^a   Nicolela, Marcelo T ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b JULES STEIN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFOCAL SCANNING LASER TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL EXPERT; OBSERVER VARIATION; OPTIC DISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GONIOSCOPY; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LASER; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; GONIOSCOPY; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LASERS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; PHOTOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 64049106728     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.08-2457     Document Type: Article

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