Scanning laser polarimetry (SLP) was developed to provide objective assessment of the retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL), a birefringent tissue, by measuring the total retardation in the reflected light. The birefringence of the anterior segment of the eye, mainly the cornea, is a confounding variable to the RNFL measurement. Anterior segment birefringence varies over a wide range among individua...

introduction: overactive bladder syndrome is characterized by urinary urgency with incontinence urgency, urinary frequency, and nocturia. overactive bladder effects on the quality of life (qol). the prevalence of this disease in the world is estimated from 16% to 17% and it is more common among the women. different treatment methods are suggested to control overactive bladder such as medicine, ...

This paper describes an accuracy study of airborne laser scanning data obtained by the Airborne Topographic Mapper (ATM) laser system over Ocean City, Md. The ATM is a conical scanning laser altimeter developed by NASA for precise measurement of surface elevation changes in polar ice sheets, ocean beaches and drainage systems. First, we determine the “internal" accuracy of the system by compari...

PURPOSE To develop a fully automated algorithm (AP) to perform a volumetric measure of the optic disc using conventional stereoscopic optic nerve head (ONH) photographs, and to compare algorithm-produced parameters with manual photogrammetry (MP), scanning laser ophthalmoscope (SLO) and optical coherence tomography (OCT) measurements. METHODS One hundred twenty-two stereoscopic optic disc pho...