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Abstract #18950 Published in IGR 3-1
Evaluating the optic disc and retinal nerve fiber layer in glaucoma. I: Clinical examination and photographic methods
Bowd C; Weinreb RN; Zangwill LMSeminars in Ophthalmology 2000; 15: 194-205
Glaucoma is a leading cause of blindness worldwide and is characterized in part by specific changes in the optic disc and retinal nerve fiber layer. Currently, subjective clinical examination and fundus photography are the most common ways of detecting structural change in glaucoma and monitoring its progression. In the first part of this two-part article, the authors overview structural changes of the optic disc and retinal nerve fiber layer in glaucoma and describe and evaluate photographic methods for observing these changes. In the second part of this article (this issue), recent developments in computer-based optical imaging techniques that allow objective evaluation of the optic disc and retinal nerve fiber layer are described.
Dr L.M. Zangwill, Glaucoma Center/Diagnostic Imaging Laboratory, Department of Ophthalmology, University of California, San Diego, CA 92093-0946, USA
Classification:
2.13 Retina and retinal nerve fibre layer (Part of: 2 Anatomical structures in glaucoma)
