Evaluating the optic disc and retinal nerve fiber layer in glaucoma. II: Optical image analysis

Glaucoma is a widespread, blindness-causing disease that is characterized in part by specific and sometimes subtle changes in optic disc and retinal nerve fiber layer topography. Several recently developed computer-based optical imaging techniques allow objective evaluation of the optic disc and ret...

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Published inSeminars in ophthalmology Vol. 15; no. 4; p. 206
Main Authors Zangwill, L M, Bowd, C, Weinreb, R N
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England 2000
Subjects
Diagnostic Imaging - methods
Diagnostic Techniques, Ophthalmological
Glaucoma - diagnosis
Humans
Nerve Fibers - pathology
Optic Disk - pathology
Optic Nerve Diseases - diagnosis
Retinal Ganglion Cells - pathology
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Summary:Glaucoma is a widespread, blindness-causing disease that is characterized in part by specific and sometimes subtle changes in optic disc and retinal nerve fiber layer topography. Several recently developed computer-based optical imaging techniques allow objective evaluation of the optic disc and retinal nerve fiber layer. These techniques use different optical properties and different properties of the retina to provide micron scale measurements of many aspects of optic disc and retinal nerve fiber layer structure. This article describes and evaluates 3 of these techniques: confocal scanning laser ophthalmoscopy, scanning laser polarimetry, and optical coherence tomography.
ISSN:0882-0538
1744-5205
DOI:10.3109/08820530009037872