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Abstract #21257 Published in IGR 10-2
Study of Heidelberg retina tomograph in myopia and glaucoma
Zhang C-M; Guo B-L; Wang J-RInternational Journal of Ophthalmology 2008; 8: 800-802
Glaucoma is the irreversible disease causing blindness with the characteristic of the optic nerve damage, with the pathological basis of progressive loss of retinal ganglion cells and fibers. Myopia is the risk factor of open angle glaucoma, and cataract patients with myopia have their own characteristics in their diagnosis, which brings difficulties to accurate early diagnosis. Heidelberg retina tomograph (HRT) is an automated electronic computer-controlled confocal laser retinal tomography scanner. Use of HRT can obtain three-dimensional topographical map of the optic disc and a quantitative description of of retinal nerve fiber layer and optic disc thickness through the analysis of the images. Thus it can be used in quantitative analysis of changes in map. In the present paper, the studies of HRT in the diagnosis and monitoring of myopia and glaucoma, particular myopia complicated with glaucoma, and the damage of optic nerve were reviewed. LA: Chinese
Dr. C.-M. Zhang, The Second People's Hospital of Jinan City, Jinan 250001 Shandong Province, China. Chenming-zhang@163.com
Classification:
6.9.1.1 Confocal Scanning Laser Ophthalmoscopy (Part of: 6 Clinical examination methods > 6.9 Computerized image analysis > 6.9.1 Laser scanning)
8.1 Myopia (Part of: 8 Refractive errors in relation to glaucoma)
