High-definition imaging of trabeculectomy blebs using spectral domain optical coherence tomography adapted for the anterior segment

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 345-351

  Singh, Mandeep ^a   See, Jovina L S ^a   Aquino, Maria C ^a   Thean, Lennard S Y ^a   Chew, Paul T K ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Glaucoma; Imaging; Optical coherence tomography; Trabeculectomy

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; ARTICLE; BLEB; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCLERA; TRABECULECTOMY;

AGED; ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; BLISTER; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MITOMYCIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; TRABECULECTOMY;

EID: 67651151166     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2009.02066.x     Document Type: Article

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