Clinical characteristics of eyes demonstrating atypical patterns in scanning laser polarimetry

• Published in: Eye (London) Vol. 22; no. 11; pp. 1378 - 1383
• Main Authors: Orlev, A, Horani, A, Rapson, Y, Cohen, M J, Blumenthal, E Z
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.11.2008; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: Age Factors; Biological and medical sciences; Birefringence; clinical-study; Diagnostic Techniques, Ophthalmological - instrumentation; Female; Glaucoma - diagnosis; Glaucoma and intraocular pressure; Humans; Intraocular Pressure - physiology; Laboratory Medicine; Lasers; Male; Medical sciences; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Miscellaneous; Nerve Fibers - physiology; Ophthalmology; Optic Disk - surgery; Pharmaceutical Sciences/Technology; Prospective Studies; Refraction, Ocular - physiology; Retinal Ganglion Cells - pathology; Sex Factors; Surgery; Surgical Oncology; Visual Acuity; Visual Fields - physiology; GDx-VCC; glaucoma diagnosis; atypical birefringence pattern; retinal nerve fiber layer; glaucoma imaging; scanning laser polarimetry; Glaucoma; Protozoa; Retina; Eye; Symptomatology; Eye disease; Glaucoma (eye); Laser; Ciliata; Atypical; Diagnosis; Ophthalmology; Polarimetry; Nerve fiber

Purpose To characterize which clinical features are associated with the occurrence of atypical birefringence patterns (ABP) occasionally seen with scanning laser polarimetry (SLP). Methods Sixty-one subjects, including glaucoma patients, glaucoma suspects, and normal subjects, underwent a full clini...