The effect of glaucoma on the optical attenuation coefficient of the retinal nerve fiber layer in Spectral Domain Optical Coherence Tomography images

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 2424-2430

  van der Schoot, Josine ^a   Vermeer, Koenraad A ^a   de Boer, Johannes F ^a,b   Lemij, Hans G ^a  

^a ROTTERDAM EYE HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; KRUSKAL WALLIS TEST; LIGHT SCATTERING; OPTIC NERVE; OPTICAL ATTENUATION; PERIMETRY; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA NERVE CELL; SPECTRAL DOMAIN OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY;

AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; OPTIC NERVE; RETINA; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 84861157394     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.11-8436     Document Type: Article

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