A geometric morphometric assessment of the optic cup in glaucoma

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 405-414

  Sanfilippo, Paul G ^a   Cardini, Andrea ^b   Sigal, Ian A ^c   Ruddle, Jonathan B ^a,d   Chua, Brian E ^a,d   Hewitt, Alex W ^a,d   Mackey, David A ^a,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^c DEVERS EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d ROYAL VICTORIAN EYE AND EAR HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Discriminant analysis; Form factor; Geometric morphometrics; Optic cup shape; Optic disc morphology; Ovality; Shape analysis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC DISK CUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FOURIER ANALYSIS; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; PATHOLOGY; PHOTOGRAPHY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC;

AGED; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FOURIER ANALYSIS; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; PHOTOGRAPHY; ROC CURVE;

EID: 77955843379     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2010.06.014     Document Type: Article

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