METHOD FOR DIAGNOSING DEVELOPMENT RATE OF NONGLAUCOMATOUS PARTIAL ATROPHY OF OPTIC NERVE Russian patent published in 1997 - IPC

FIELD: medicine. SUBSTANCE: method involves determining topographic features of optic nerve head like depth range, optic nerve head volume. Depth range value diminished more than by 15%, and optic nerve head volume becoming more than 18% greater than original value, developed atrophic processes of nerve fibers in optic nerve is to be diagnosed. EFFECT: enhanced accuracy of diagnosis.