The influence of intersubject variability in ocular anatomical variables on the mapping of retinal locations to the retinal nerve fiber layer and optic nerve head

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 6074-6082

  Lamparter, Julia ^a,b   Russell, Richard A ^a,c   Zhu, Haogang ^a,c   Asaoka, Ryo ^a   Yamashita, Takehiro ^a   Ho, Tuan ^a   Garway Heath, David F ^a,c  

^a MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Function; Structure; Variability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE AXIS LENGTH; EYE FUNDUS; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; KERATOMETRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPTIC NERVE FIBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETINAL NERVE FIBER LAYER THICKNESS; SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPY; SIMULATION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD;

FUNCTION; STRUCTURE; VARIABILITY;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC DISK; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VISUAL FIELDS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883796339     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.13-11902     Document Type: Article

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