Changes in the biomechanical response of the optic nerve head in early experimental glaucoma

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 5675-5684

  Roberts, Michael D ^a   Sigal, Ian A ^a   Liang, Yi ^a   Burgoyne, Claude F ^b   Crawford Downs, J ^a  

^a LEGACY HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b DEVERS EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BRUCH MEMBRANE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GLAUCOMA; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LAMINA CRIBROSA; LASER COAGULATION; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLERA; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GLAUCOMA; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MALE; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES;

EID: 79955931464     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.10-5411     Document Type: Article

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