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Linking it together: structure‐function correlation
Author(s) -
SUNARIC MEGEVAND G
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
acta ophthalmologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.534
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1755-3768
pISSN - 1755-375X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2012.3254.x
Subject(s) - correlative , concordance , computer science , structure function , glaucoma , function (biology) , correlation , econometrics , artificial intelligence , medicine , mathematics , biology , ophthalmology , physics , philosophy , linguistics , geometry , particle physics , evolutionary biology
In this part of the course we will discuss the implication of the combination of the structural and functional measurement. In glaucoma structural and functional measurements provide largely independent information, and most studies indicate that their agreement is generally poor. There is some evidence in the literature that structural damage may precede a correlative functional deterioration. However as concordance of measures is limited, combining longitudinal information from structural and functional tests can improve detection and assessment of glaucoma progression. New technological tools and statistical modeling approach combining structure and function may improve detection of progression today.