3D morphometry of the human optic nerve head

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 70-80

  Sigal, Ian A ^a,b   Flanagan, John G ^c,d   Tertinegg, Inka ^c   Ethier, C Ross ^a,b,c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

glaucoma; lamina cribrosa; morphology; morphometry; optic nerve head; pia mater

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVOUS TISSUE; OPTIC NERVE; PIA MATER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SCLERA; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; OPTIC DISK;

EID: 70749096749     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2009.09.013     Document Type: Article

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