Comparison of retinal nerve fiber layer thickness measurement bias and imprecision across three spectral-domain optical coherence tomography devices

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 3742-3747

  Buchser, Nancy M ^a   Wollstein, Gadi ^a   Ishikawa, Hiroshi ^a,b   Bilonick, Richard A ^a,c   Ling, Yun ^a,b   Folio, Lindsey S ^a,b   Kagemann, Larry ^a   Noecker, Robert J ^a   Albeiruti, Eiyass ^a   Schuman, Joel S ^a,b  

^a University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine   (United States)

^b University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT PRECISION; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINAL NERVE FIBER LAYER THICKNESS; SPECTRAL DOMAIN OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; VISUAL FIELD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INSTRUMENTATION; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBER; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PATHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETINA; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

AGED; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETINA; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 84865849715     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.11-8432     Document Type: Article

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