Sub-Layer Analysis of the Macular Oct Scan Significantly Detects Damage in Unilateral Optic Neuropathy

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Identifier 20060228_nanos_posters_068.pdf
Title Sub-Layer Analysis of the Macular Oct Scan Significantly Detects Damage in Unilateral Optic Neuropathy
Creator V. A. Shah; Mona K. Haeker; Michael D. Abramoff; Milan Sonka; Hiroshi Ishikawa; Randy H. Kardon
Affiliation (VAS) (MDA) (RHK) Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Iowa and VA Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA; (MKH) (MS) Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA; (HI) Department of Ophthalmology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA
Subject Optical Coherence Tomography; Optic Neuropathy; Macula; Visual Field Defect; Optic Nerve
Description Structural optic nerve damage causing axon loss may be difficult to detect with coexisting optic nerve edema, or other causes of a thickened retinal nerve fiber layer. Sub-layer segmentation of the macula optical coherence tomography (OCT) may help to better define ganglion cell loss.
Date 2006-02-28
Language eng
Format application/pdf
Type Text
Source 2006 North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society Annual Meeting
Relation is Part of NANOS 2006: Poster Presentations
Collection Neuro-ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: NOVEL http://NOVEL.utah.edu
Publisher Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Holding Institution North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Association. NANOS Executive Office 5841 Cedar Lake Road, Suite 204, Minneapolis, MN 55416
Rights Management Copyright 2010. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright
ARK ark:/87278/s6f79jzj
Context URL The NANOS Annual Meeting Neuro-Ophthalmology Collection: https://novel.utah.edu/collection/NAM/toc/
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ID 181086
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6f79jzj
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