A mathematical description of nerve fiber bundle trajectories and their variability in the human retina

Vision Research

Volumn 49, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 2157-2163

  Jansonius, N M ^a,b   Nevalainen, J ^c   Selig, B ^d   Zangwill, L M ^e   Sample, P A ^e   Budde, W M ^f   Jonas, J B ^g   Lagreze W A ^h   Airaksinen, P J ^c   Vonthein, R ⁱ   Levin, L A ^j,k   Paetzold, J ^d   Schiefer, U ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f Essen Steele ^*  (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^j UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

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Author keywords

Glaucoma; Neuro ophthalmology; Optic nerve head; Perimetry

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EYE FUNDUS; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; MEASUREMENT; NERVE FIBER; NEUROANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; VISUAL FIELD;

GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE FIBERS; OPTIC DISK; PERIMETRY; RETINAL NEURONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 68149150842     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2009.04.029     Document Type: Article

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