The Relationship between Structure and Function in Glaucoma

Dear Colleagues,

The relationship between visual structure and function in glaucoma is an area of continuing interest and constant advancement in understanding. Novel imaging techniques continue to strengthen our ability to resolve and measure relevant structures in the retina and elsewhere in the visual pathway that were previously invisible. In addition, the development of novel stimuli, psychophysical methods and thresholding algorithms continue to improve the signal-to-noise ratio and repeatability of functional testing. Much debate still exists about whether functional or structural loss is more important to assess and at what stage in glaucoma management, or whether they provide different, complementary, information about glaucoma progression.

Vision is seeking original contributions for a Special Issue focusing on structure/function relationships in glaucoma.

Research topics of particular interest include, but are not limited to:

i. Recent advances in the understanding of structure-function relationships

ii. Weaknesses in measures of structure in relation to function

iii. Limiting factors in functional measures in relation to structure

iv. Structure-structure and function-function relationships

v. Novel surrogate measures of retinal ganglion cell density

vi. The importance or otherwise of structure-function relationships in glaucoma

vii. Changes in the structure-function relationship with disease progression

viii. Novel physiological-imaging techniques and relationship with visual function

The issue could include both novel experimental studies and reviews of specific topics, as approved/invited by the editors.

Prof. Roger Anderson
Dr. Tony Redmond
Guest Editors

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