Multimodal assessment of microscopic morphology and retinal function in patients with geographic atrophy

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 4372-4384

  Panorgias, Athanasios ^a   Zawadzki, Robert J ^a   Capps, Arlie G ^a,b,c   Hunter, Allan A ^a   Morse, Lawrence S ^a   Werner, John S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive optics OCT; Geographic atrophy; Microperimetry; Multifocal ERG; Scotopic mfERG

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE IMAGING; B SCAN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARK ADAPTATION; DIODE; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHIC ATROPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PERIMETRY; PHOTOPIC VISION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA DISEASE; RETINA IMAGE; SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPY; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION;

ADAPTIVE-OPTICS OCT; GEOGRAPHIC ATROPHY; MICROPERIMETRY; MULTIFOCAL ERG; SCOTOPIC MFERG;

AGED; COLOR VISION; DARK ADAPTATION; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC ATROPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; OPTICAL IMAGING; RETINA; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VISUAL FIELD TESTS; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 84879556589     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.12-11525     Document Type: Article

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