Optic Disk

"Optic Disk" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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The portion of the optic nerve seen in the fundus with the ophthalmoscope. It is formed by the meeting of all the retinal ganglion cell axons as they enter the optic nerve.

Descriptor ID	D009898
MeSH Number(s)	A08.800.800.120.680.660 A09.371.729.690
Concept/Terms	Optic Disk Optic Disk Disk, Optic Disks, Optic Optic Disks Optic Papilla Optic Papillas Papilla, Optic Papillas, Optic Optic Nerve Head Head, Optic Nerve Heads, Optic Nerve Nerve Head, Optic Nerve Heads, Optic Optic Nerve Heads Blind Spot Blind Spot Blind Spots Spot, Blind Spots, Blind

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Anatomy [A]
Nervous System [A08]
Peripheral Nervous System [A08.800]
Peripheral Nerves [A08.800.800]
Cranial Nerves [A08.800.800.120]
Optic Nerve [A08.800.800.120.680]
Optic Disk [A08.800.800.120.680.660]
Sense Organs [A09]
Eye [A09.371]
Retina [A09.371.729]
Optic Disk [A09.371.729.690]

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Bar chart showing 25 publications over 17 distinct years, with a maximum of 3 publications in 2004

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2004	3	0	3
2005	1	0	1
2006	1	0	1
2007	0	1	1
2008	0	1	1
2009	0	1	1
2010	2	0	2
2011	1	0	1
2012	1	0	1
2013	2	0	2
2014	1	1	2
2019	0	1	1
2020	1	0	1
2021	1	0	1
2023	2	0	2
2024	1	1	2
2025	2	0	2

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Scott TD, Guzman Aparicio MA, Ratanawongphaibul K, Lee H, Zemplenyi M, Tsikata E, Margeta MA, Ondeck CL, Coleman AL, Yu F, de Boer JF, Chen TC. Comparison of Event-based Analysis Versus Trend-based Analysis in the Detection of Glaucoma Progression by Optical Coherence Tomography 3-Dimensional Rim Measurements. J Glaucoma. 2025 Aug 01; 34(8):616-624.

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Figueroa J, Su E, Mohammadzadeh V, Besharati S, Mohammadi M, Ashrafkhorasani M, Law SK, Coleman AL, Caprioli J, Weiss RE, Nouri-Mahdavi K. Association of Blood Pressure and Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Rates of Thinning in Patients with Moderate to Advanced Glaucoma. Ophthalmol Glaucoma. 2025 May-Jun; 8(3):285-292.

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Kumar PR, Shilpa B, Jha RK, Chellibouina VS. Spatial attention U-Net model with Harris hawks optimization for retinal blood vessel and optic disc segmentation in fundus images. Int Ophthalmol. 2024 Aug 29; 44(1):359.

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Mohammadi M, Su E, Mohammadzadeh V, Besharati S, Martinyan A, Coleman AL, Law SK, Caprioli J, Weiss RE, Nouri-Mahdavi K. Comparison of Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer and Ganglion Cell Complex Rates of Change in Patients With Moderate to Advanced Glaucoma. Am J Ophthalmol. 2024 Dec; 268:190-198.

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Ho C, Tseng VL, Grassi L, Morales E, Yu F, Coleman AL, Caprioli J. Predictors of Glaucomatous Progression in Individuals with Small and Large Optic Discs. Ophthalmol Glaucoma. 2024 Mar-Apr; 7(2):177-189.

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Mohammadzadeh V, Su E, Mohammadi M, Law SK, Coleman AL, Caprioli J, Weiss RE, Nouri-Mahdavi K. Association of Blood Pressure With Rates of Macular Ganglion Cell Complex Thinning in Patients With Glaucoma. JAMA Ophthalmol. 2023 03 01; 141(3):251-257.

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Margeta MA, Ratanawongphaibul K, Tsikata E, Zemplenyi M, Ondeck CL, Kim J, Coleman AL, Yu F, de Boer JF, Chen TC. Disc Hemorrhages Are Associated With Localized Three-Dimensional Neuroretinal Rim Thickness Progression in Open-Angle Glaucoma. Am J Ophthalmol. 2022 02; 234:188-198.

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Mohammadzadeh V, Rabiolo A, Fu Q, Morales E, Coleman AL, Law SK, Caprioli J, Nouri-Mahdavi K. Longitudinal Macular Structure-Function Relationships in Glaucoma. Ophthalmology. 2020 07; 127(7):888-900.

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Dervenis N, Harris A, Coleman AL, Wilson MR, Founti P, Yu F, Siesky B, Anastasopoulos E, Pappas T, Koskosas A, Kilintzis V, Topouzis F. Factors associated with non-active retinal capillary density as measured with Confocal Scanning Laser Doppler Flowmetry in an elderly population: the Thessaloniki Eye Study (TES). Br J Ophthalmol. 2020 09; 104(9):1246-1253.

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Amini N, Nowroozizadeh S, Cirineo N, Henry S, Chang T, Chou T, Coleman AL, Caprioli J, Nouri-Mahdavi K. Influence of the disc-fovea angle on limits of RNFL variability and glaucoma discrimination. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2014 Oct 09; 55(11):7332-42.

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