The Evolution of Methods for the Evaluation of the Optic Nerve Head and Analysis of the Advantages and Disadvantages of the Method of the Heidelberg Retinography (HRT 3)

Machekhin V. A.
Doctor of Medicine, Chief Scientific Consultant¹; Professor, Chair for Ophtalmology²

Fabrikantov O. L.
Doctor of Medicine, Director¹; Head, Chair for Ophtalmology²

L'vov V. A.
Ophtalmologist

1 - Federal State Autonomous Institution «S.N.Fedorov National Medical Research Center »MNTK «Eye Microsurgery» of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation
2 - Derzhavin Tambov State University, Medical Institute, Tambov, Russia

Machekhin Vladimir; e-mail: naukatmb@mail.ru

None declared.

The study had no sponsorship.

The emergence of laser scanning retina tomograph (HRT) in the mid-90th of XX century, using in the technological development the best achievements of the previous decades, enabled the ophthalmologists to examine the optic disc at the micron level. It was established that changes in the disc and peripapillary retina might occur long before the detection of pathological alterations in the central visual field. Although optical coherence tomography has made significant progress in terms of retinal study, its superiority in respect of analyzing the disc parameters remains uncertain. This issue will be the subject of our next article.

ophthalmology, glaucoma, optic disc, disc parameters, HRT, methods of optic disc examination

10.29234/2308-9113-2018-6-3-38-55

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