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Optic Nerve: Optical Coherence Tomography

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The three-dimensional (3D) structure of the optic nerve head (ONH), the peripapillary thickness of the retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL), and the ganglion cell complex (GCC) can be visualized objectively and assessed quantitatively with accuracy and precision using OCT.

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  1. Department of Ophthalmology, UPMC Eye Center, Eye and Ear Institute, Ophthalmology and Visual Science Research Center, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA

    Bo Wang, Gadi Wollstein & Joel S. Schuman

  2. Department of Bioengineering, Swanson School of Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA

    Gadi Wollstein & Joel S. Schuman

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  1. David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, Veterans Health Administration of Greater Los Angeles, Jules Stein Eye Institute, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, Veterans Health Administration of Greater Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA

    JoAnn A. Giaconi

  2. David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, Jules Stein Eye Institute, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA

    Simon K. Law

  3. David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles,, Jules Stein Eye Institute, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA

    Kouros Nouri-Mahdavi

  4. David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles,, Jules Stein Eye Institute, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA

    Anne L. Coleman

  5. David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles,, Jules Stein Eye Institute, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA

    Joseph Caprioli

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Wang, B., Wollstein, G., Schuman, J.S. (2016). Optic Nerve: Optical Coherence Tomography. In: Giaconi, J., Law, S., Nouri-Mahdavi, K., Coleman, A., Caprioli, J. (eds) Pearls of Glaucoma Management. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-49042-6_5

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