Influence of OCT signal strength on macular, optic nerve head, and retinal nerve fiber layer parameters

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 4471-4475

  Samarawickrama, Chameen ^a   Pai, Amy ^a   Huynh, Son C ^a   Burlutsky, George ^a   Wong, Tien Y ^b,c   Mitchell, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NERVE FIBER; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; OPTIC NERVE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; RETINAL NERVE FIBER LAYER; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; HISTOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; OPTIC DISK; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; VALIDATION STUDY;

AUSTRALIA; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MACULA LUTEA; MALE; NERVE FIBERS; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 77957352315     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.09-3892     Document Type: Article

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