NEXT-GENERATION TECHNIQUES FOR ANALYSIS OF LAMINA CRIBROSA MICROSTRUCTURE

C Ross Ethier; Richie Abel; E A Sander; John G Flanagan; Michael Girard

doi:10.1115/SBC2012-80523

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NEXT-GENERATION TECHNIQUES FOR ANALYSIS OF LAMINA CRIBROSA MICROSTRUCTURE

C Ross Ethier, Richie Abel, E A Sander, John G Flanagan and Michael Girard

PROCEEDINGS OF THE ASME SUMMER BIOENGINEERING CONFERENCE, PTS A AND B, pp.421-422

2012

DOI: 10.1115/SBC2012-80523

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Abstract

Glaucoma describes a group of potentially blinding ocular disorders, afflicting c. 60 million people worldwide. Of these, c. 8 million are bilaterally blind, estimated to increase to 11 million by 2020. The central event in glaucoma is slow and irreversible damage of retinal ganglion cells, responsible for carrying visual information from the retina to the brain (Figure 1). Intraocular pressure (IOP) is a risk factor for glaucoma1–4, and significant, sustained IOP reduction is unequivocally beneficial in the clinical management of glaucoma patients2, 3, 5. Unfortunately, we do not understand how elevated IOP leads to the loss of retinal ganglion cells.

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Title: Subtitle: NEXT-GENERATION TECHNIQUES FOR ANALYSIS OF LAMINA CRIBROSA MICROSTRUCTURE
Creators: C Ross Ethier
Richie Abel
E A Sander
John G Flanagan
Michael Girard
Resource Type: Conference proceeding
Publication Details: PROCEEDINGS OF THE ASME SUMMER BIOENGINEERING CONFERENCE, PTS A AND B, pp.421-422
DOI: 10.1115/SBC2012-80523
Language: English
Date published: 2012
Academic Unit: Roy J. Carver Department of Biomedical Engineering; Orthopedics and Rehabilitation; Craniofacial Anomalies Research Center; Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
Record Identifier: 9984231931702771

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