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ArticleInvestigative ophthalmology & visual science2020

In Vivo Measurements of Prelamina and Lamina Cribrosa Biomechanical Properties in Humans.

Liang Zhang, Meghna R Beotra, Mani Baskaran, Tin A Tun, Xiaofei Wang, Shamira A Perera, Nicholas G Strouthidis, Tin Aung, Craig Boote, Michael J A Girard

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Article in Investigative ophthalmology & visual science, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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15 citing papers in PubMed, 32 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Asymmetric stress distribution on lamina cribrosa in glaucoma patients with high myopia.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2025
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  8. The association between asymmetric stress distribution on the lamina cribrosa and glaucoma progression.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2025
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  9. Role of reactive oxygen species and oxidative stress in the pathomechanism of glaucoma.Medical hypothesis, discovery & innovation ophthalmology journal · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors at 5 institutions in 4 countries.

Liang Zhang.
Meghna R Beotra.
Mani Baskaran.
Tin A Tun.
Xiaofei Wang,.
Shamira A Perera.
Nicholas G Strouthidis.
Tin Aung.
Craig Boote.
Michael J A Girard.
National University of Singapore · SGSingapore National Eye Center · SGBeihang University · CNNational Health Service · GBSingapore Eye Research Institute · SG

Funding

Department of Health
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Purpose: To develop and use a custom virtual fields method (VFM) to assess the biomechanical properties of human prelamina and lamina cribrosa (LC) in vivo. Methods: Clinical data of 20 healthy, 20 ocular hypertensive (OHT), 20 primary open-angle glaucoma, and 16 primary angle-closure glaucoma eyes were analyzed. For each eye, the intraocular pressure (IOP) and optical coherence tomography (OCT) images of the optic nerve head (ONH) were acquired at the normal state and after acute IOP elevation. The IOP-induced deformation of the ONH was obtained from the OCT volumes using a three-dimensional tracking algorithm and fed into the VFM to extract the biomechanical properties of the prelamina and the LC in vivo. Statistical measurements and P values from the Mann-Whitney-Wilcoxon tests were reported. Results: The average shear moduli of the prelamina and the LC were 64.2 ± 36.1 kPa and 73.1 ± 46.9 kPa, respectively. The shear moduli of the prelamina of healthy subjects were significantly lower than those of the OHT subjects. Comparisons between healthy and glaucoma subjects could not be made robustly due to a small sample size. Conclusions: We have developed a methodology to assess the biomechanical properties of human ONH tissues in vivo and provide preliminary comparisons in healthy and OHT subjects. Our proposed methodology may be of interest for glaucoma management.

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AgedBiomechanical PhenomenaElasticityFemaleGlaucoma, Angle-ClosureGlaucoma, Open-AngleHealthy VolunteersHumansIntraocular PressureMaleMiddle AgedOcular HypertensionOptic DiskOptic Nerve DiseasesTomography, Optical CoherenceTonometry, Ocular

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PMID32186670
PMCPMC7401475
OpenAlexW3012340708

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