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Blumenthal EZ. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2004 May;45(5):1404-9. Department of Ophthalmology, Hebrew University, Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel. eblumenthal@md.huji.ac.il ABSTRACT: PURPOSE: To present a technique of ocular sectioning that enables continuous histologic measurements of peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness in a concentric ring around the optic disc, corresponding to similar regions measured by …

Quantifying Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Thickness Histologically: A Novel Approach To Sectioning Of The Retina לקריאה »

Blumenthal EZ, Haddad A, Horani A, Anteby I. Ophthalmology. 2004 Mar;111(3):435-9. Comment in: Ophthalmology. 2005 Jan;112(1):169; author reply 169-70. Department of Ophthalmology, Hadassah University Hospital, PO Box 12000, Jerusalem 91120, Israel. eblumenthal@md.huji.ac.il ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE: To evaluate whether healthy young children are able to perform automated static perimetry reliably using the frequency-doubling technology (FDT) perimeter. DESIGN: …

The Reliability Of Frequency-Doubling Perimetry In Young Children לקריאה »

Kaiserman I, Anteby I, Chowers I, Blumenthal EZ, Kliers I, Pe’er J. Br J Ophthalmol. 2004 Jul;88(7):892-5. Department of Ophthalmology, Hadassah University Hospital, POB 12000, IL-91120 Jerusalem, Israel. Igork@cc.huji.ac.il ABSTRACT: AIM: To confirm the prognostic value of post-brachytherapy initial tumour regression rate in posterior uveal melanoma. METHODS: A prospective, comparative, observational cohort study was carried …

Post-Brachytherapy Initial Tumour Regression Rate Correlates With Metastatic Spread In Posterior Uveal Melanoma לקריאה »

Kaplan-Messas A, Cohen Y, Blumenthal E, Avni I. Eur J Ophthalmol. 2009 Mar-Apr;19(2):231-4. Department of Ophthalmology, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Zerifin, affiliated with the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv – Israel. audreykap@gmail.com ABSTRACT: PURPOSE: To compare the 1-year outcome of trabeculectomy and combined phaco-trabeculectomy that were performed with or without a …

Trabeculectomy and Phaco-Trabeculectomy with and without Peripheral Iridectomy לקריאה »

Sample PA, Chan K, Boden C, Lee TW, Blumenthal EZ, Weinreb RN, Bernd A, Pascual J, Hao J, Sejnowski T, Goldbaum MH. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2004 Aug;45(8):2596-605. Hamilton Glaucoma Center, Department of Ophthalmology, University of California-San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0946, USA. psample@eyecenter.ucsd.edu ABSTRACT: PURPOSE: To determine whether an unsupervised machine learning classifier can identify …

Using Unsupervised Learning With Variational Bayesian Mixture Of Factor Analysis To Identify Patterns Of Glaucomatous Visual Field Defects לקריאה »

Boden C, Blumenthal EZ, Pascual J, McEwan G, Weinreb RN, Medeiros F, Sample PA. Am J Ophthalmol. 2004 Dec;138(6):1029-36. Hamilton Glaucoma Center and Visual Function Laboratory, Department of Ophthalmology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA. cboden@eyecenter.ucsd.edu ABSTRACT: PURPOSE: To determine typical patterns of repeatable glaucomatous visual field progression. DESIGN: Retrospective analysis …

Patterns Of Glaucomatous Visual Field Progression Identified By Three Progression Criteria לקריאה »

Frenkel S, Slonim E, Horani A, Molcho M, Barzel I, Blumenthal EZ. Ophthalmology. 2005 Feb;112(2):257-61. Department of Ophthalmology, Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel. ABSTRACT: PURPOSE: To ascertain operator learning effect, and to quantify the interoperator reproducibility, using the newly introduced GDx VCC (variable corneal compensator) scanning laser polarimeter. DESIGN: Prospective instrument validation study. PARTICIPANTS: …

Operator Learning Effect And Interoperator Reproducibility Of The Scanning Laser Polarimeter With Variable Corneal Compensation לקריאה »

Blumenthal EZ, Frenkel S. Eye. 2005 Mar;19(3):308-11. Department of Ophthalmology, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel. eblumenthal@md.huji.ac.il ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the interdevice reproducibility of retinal nerve fibre layer (RNFL) thickness measurements obtained with the commercially available GDx-VCC, a scanning laser polarimeter with variable (individualized) corneal compensation. METHODS: A prospective instrument validation study in which 13 …

Inter-Device Reproducibility Of The Scanning Laser Polarimeter With Variable Cornea Compensation לקריאה »

Horani A, Frenkel S, Blumenthal EZ. Ophthalmic Surg Lasers. 2006 May/June 37 (3). Department of Ophthalmology, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: The feasibility and reproducibility of scanning laser polarimetry performed through dilated pupils rather than through non-dilated pupils was tested. PATIENTS AND METHODS: One eye each of 36 subjects (12 normal, …

The Effect Of Pupil Dilation On Scanning Laser Polarimetry With Variable Corneal Compensation לקריאה »

Frenkel S, Morgan JE, Blumenthal EZ. Eye 2005 May;19(5):491-8. Department of Ophthalmology, Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel. ABSTRACT: PURPOSE: Accurate assessment of the retinal nerve fibre layer (RNFL) is central to the diagnosis and follow-up of glaucoma. The in vivo measurement of RNFL thickness by a variety of digital imaging technologies is becoming an …

Histological Measurement Of Retinal Nerve Fibre Layer Thickness לקריאה »