Optic Nerve Head Strain in Non-glaucoma Subjects

Korábbi kezelés

• with past keratorefractive surgery, corneal dystrophy, or corneal ectasia that would make self-tonometry measurements difficult to interpret

Más betegség

• with ocular media opacity, corneal scarring, cataract or vitreous hemorrhage, that does not allow adequate imaging resolution.
• inability to understand English or with a language or hearing impairment

Egyéb

• in whom sitting in an upright position is impossible due to physical disability
• in whom keeping the eyes open during the imaging procedure is not possible or uncomfortable.
• who cannot perform home tonometry accurately at certification
• who do not have reliable clinical Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) testing.
• with any form of glaucoma
• with high myopia defined as refractive error \> -8

• Adults who have no history of OAG
• Have an ocular examination by a glaucoma specialist with no indications of OAG
• Have normal optical coherence tomography findings in the retinal nerve fiber layer.
• Over age 30 will be included from
• Both sexes
• All ethnic groups.
• Optic neuropathy.
• Both suspects and those with glaucoma damage will be included.
• When both eyes meet inclusion and exclusion criteria, both eyes will be included in the study and statistical methods will be used to account for correlations between eyes within the same individual.