Lamina cribrosa visibility using optical coherence tomography: Comparison of devices and effects of image enhancement techniques

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 865-874

  Girard, Michäel J A ^a,b   Tun, Tin A ^b   Husain, Rahat ^b   Acharyya, Sanchalika ^c   Haaland, Benjamin A ^a,c   Wei, Xin ^b,c   Mari, Jean M ^e   Perera, Shamira A ^b   Baskaran, Mani ^a,b   Aung, Tin ^b,c,d   Strouthidis, Nicholas G ^b,f,g  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^c DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptive compensation; Enhanced depth imaging; Glaucoma; Intraocular pressure; Lamina cribrosa; Optical coherence tomography

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE COMPENSATION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DATA PROCESSING; DEEP RANGE IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENHANCED DEPTH IMAGING; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING; IMAGING SOFTWARE; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LAMINA CRIBROSA VISIBILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTRAL DOMAIN OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; SWEPT SOURCE OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; VISIBILITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FOLLOW UP; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC DISK; PATHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC DISK; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 84922364498     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.14-14903     Document Type: Article

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