PURPOSE To compare the performance of scanning laser topography (SLT) and scanning laser polarimetry (SLP) on the rim of the optic nerve head and its surrounding area and thereby to evaluate whether these imaging technologies are influenced by other factors beyond the thickness of the retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL). MATERIALS AND METHODOLOGY A total of 154 eyes from 5 different groups were ...

objective the diagnosis of de morsier syndrome or septo-optic dysplasia is made on the basis of the diagnosis of optic nerve hypoplasia. septo-optic dysplasia is defined by a variable combination of dysgenesis of midline brain structures including optic nerve hypoplasia and hypothalamic-pituitary dysfunction often associated with a wide variety of brain malformations of cortical development. th...

BACKGROUND/AIM Since the central retinal vessel trunk usually located in the nasal optic disc sector can render difficult the delineation of the neuroretinal rim and optic disc, the aim of this study was to evaluate whether the nasal region of the optic nerve head is important, or can be left out, for the morphometric glaucoma diagnosis. METHODS The clinical observational study included 1337 ...

PURPOSE To measure the pulsatile movement of neuroretinal tissue at the optic nerve head synchronous with the cardiac cycle. METHODS We used a noninvasive imaging device based on Fourier domain low-coherence interferometry to measure the pulsatile movements of the optic nerve head, peripapillary retina, and cornea with submicron accuracy along a line across the fundus. We also measured the ch...

The simultaneous occurrence of both optic nerve head drusen and glaucoma may make it difficult to evaluate visual field defects and the appearance of the optic nerve head. We saw five patients with both conditions, of whom four had pigmentary glaucoma or pigmentary dispersion syndrome. Drusen do not preclude the development of cupping, and they make it difficult to interpret its significance. M...

To search for an optic nerve head component (ONHC) in the monkey's (Macaca mulatta) multifocal electroretinogram (mERG), mERGs from three animals were recorded with different electrode configurations. A component with a latency that varied with distance from the optic nerve head was easily identified by eye in recordings from the speculum of a Burian-Allen electrode referenced to a DTL on the u...