Relationship between retinal vascular geometry with retinal nerve fiber layer and ganglion cell-inner plexiform layer in nonglaucomatous eyes

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 7309-7316

  Tham, Yih Chung ^a,b   Cheng, Ching Yu ^a,b,c,d   Zheng, Yingfeng ^a,b,c,d,e   Aung, Tin ^a,b,c   Wong, Tien Yin ^a,b   Cheung, Carol Y ^a,b,c  

^a SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (Singapore)

^e SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ganglion cell inner plexiform layer; Optical coherence tomography; Retinal nerve fiber layer; Retinal vasculature

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERFEROMETRY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OPTIC DISK; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PERIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA INNER PLEXIFORM LAYER; RETINAL NERVE FIBER LAYER THICKNESS;

GANGLION CELL-INNER PLEXIFORM LAYER; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; RETINAL NERVE FIBER LAYER; RETINAL VASCULATURE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; RETINAL VESSELS; SINGAPORE; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 84887081887     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.13-12796     Document Type: Article

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