Clinical applications of optical coherence tomography in the posterior pole: The 2011 José Manuel Espino Lecture - Part I

Clinical Ophthalmology

Volumn 7, Issue , 2013, Pages 2165-2179

  Arevalo, J Fernando ^a,b   Lasave, Andres F ^c   Arias, Juan D ^c   Serrano, Martin A ^c   Arevalo, Fernando A ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KING KHALED EYE SPECIALIST HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^c Clinica Oftalmologica Centro Caracas   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Clinical applications; OCT; Optical coherence tomography; Posterior pole; Retinal diseases; Spectral domain

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL FEATURE; EPIRETINAL MEMBRANE; EYE DISEASE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LAMELLAR MACULAR HOLE; MACULAR PSEUDOHOLE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; POSTERIOR POLE DISEASE; RETINA DISEASE; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINA MACULA HOLE; REVIEW; VITREOMACULAR TRACTION SYNDROME;

EID: 84887269491     PISSN: 11775467     EISSN: 11775483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/OPTH.S51098     Document Type: Review

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