A survey and comparative study on the instruments for glaucoma detection

Abstract Glaucoma is one of the leading causes of irreversible blindness worldwide. It has been proposed that the intraocular pressure is a causative factor in the development of glaucoma, which is an optic neuropathy. This paper surveys the use of tonometers, gonioscopes, optical coherence tomograp...

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Published inMedical engineering & physics Vol. 34; no. 2; pp. 129 - 139
Main Authors Lim, Teik-Cheng, Chattopadhyay, Subhagata, Acharya, U. Rajendra
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 01.03.2012
Elsevier
Subjects
Biological and medical sciences
Blindness
Diagnostic Imaging
Diagnostic Techniques, Ophthalmological - instrumentation
Glaucoma
Glaucoma - diagnosis
Glaucoma - physiopathology
Glaucoma and intraocular pressure
Humans
Instruments
Medical sciences
Ophthalmology
Radiology
Screening
Vision disorders
Visual Field Tests
Glaucoma
Screening
Instruments
Blindness
Eye disease
Glaucoma (eye)
Vision disorder
Diagnosis
Medical screening
Comparative study
Biomedical engineering
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Summary:Abstract Glaucoma is one of the leading causes of irreversible blindness worldwide. It has been proposed that the intraocular pressure is a causative factor in the development of glaucoma, which is an optic neuropathy. This paper surveys the use of tonometers, gonioscopes, optical coherence tomographs, scanning laser polarimeters, scanning laser ophthalmoscopes (also known as scanning laser tomographs) and corneal pachymeters for the diagnosis and management of glaucoma. The working mechanisms as well as the comparative advantages and disadvantages of each of these instruments are presented.
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ISSN:1350-4533
1873-4030
DOI:10.1016/j.medengphy.2011.07.030