Optical coherence tomography for clinical detection and monitoring of glaucoma?

Editorial

Christopher Bowd. Br J Ophthalmol. 2007 Jul.

. 2007 Jul;91(7):853-4.

doi: 10.1136/bjo.2006.113100.

Abstract

OCT and all imaging technologies should be used in conjunction with careful clinical examination when making diagnostic and treatment decisions

Competing interests: None declared.

Retinal nerve fibre thickness measured with optical coherence tomography accurately detects confirmed glaucomatous damage.
Hood DC, Harizman N, Kanadani FN, Grippo TM, Baharestani S, Greenstein VC, Liebmann JM, Ritch R. Hood DC, et al. Br J Ophthalmol. 2007 Jul;91(7):905-7. doi: 10.1136/bjo.2006.111252. Epub 2007 Feb 14. Br J Ophthalmol. 2007. PMID: 17301118 Free PMC article.

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