Sentences with phrase «nerve fiber layer»

Use the GDx - Vcc diagnostic instrument to examine the thickness of the retinal nerve fiber layer as a step for the early detection of Glaucoma

Of course, visual field testing, looking at the optic nerve, optic nerve atrophy, nerve fiber layer thinning, using optical coherence tomography, but the real question is can we back that up significantly and be able to tell whether the patient sitting right there in the chair is in trouble?

The secondary endpoint of change in thickness of the temporal quadrant and papillomacular bundle of the retinal nerve fiber layer from baseline to week 48 demonstrated a large statistically significant difference (p = 0.0359) between all GS010 - treated eyes and all sham - treated eyes, with untreated eyes showing a loss of 3.4 μm while treated eyes showed a limited loss of 0.6 μm.

We have already shown that this type of imaging detects abnormalities of the axon bundles before any reduction of retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness (the most common clinical standard metric of axon integrity) can be detected.

OCT can make noninvasive, in vivo measurements of the thickness of specific retinal layers, such as the nerve fiber layer, which thins in patients with glaucoma.

Using this technology that enables visualization of individual retinal ganglion cells and the vasculature supplying them, they are aiming to elucidate the role of vascular insult to the nerve fiber layer in glaucoma pathogenesis.

We saw thickening of the nerve fiber layer.

For example, what is the role of the vascular insult to the nerve fiber layer?