Clinical characteristics of eyes demonstrating atypical patterns in scanning laser polarimetry

Eye

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1378-1383

  Orlev, A ^a   Horani, A ^a   Rapson, Y ^a   Cohen, M J ^a   Blumenthal, E Z ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Atypical birefringence pattern; GDx VCC; Glaucoma diagnosis; Glaucoma imaging; Retinal nerve fiber layer; Scanning laser polarimetry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORNEA; FEMALE; GENDER; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE FIBER; PHOTOMETRY; RETINA; SCANNING LASER POLARIMETRY; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD; AGE; ARTIFACT; BIREFRINGENCE; EVALUATION; EYE REFRACTION; INSTRUMENTATION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LASER; OPTIC DISK; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SEX DIFFERENCE; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

AGE FACTORS; ARTIFACTS; BIREFRINGENCE; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LASERS; MALE; NERVE FIBERS; OPTIC DISK; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFRACTION, OCULAR; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SEX FACTORS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 67649399551     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.eye.6702897     Document Type: Article

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