drusen

IPA: drˈusʌn

Root Word: Drusen

Drusen, from the German word for node or geode (singular, "Druse"), are tiny yellow or white accumulations of extracellular material that build up between Bruch's membrane and the retinal pigment epithelium of the eye.

Examples of "drusen" in Sentences

But these could also be isolated small hard drusen.
People with drusen can go on to develop advanced AMD.
Clinical symptoms correlate to visibility of the drusen.
In most patients, optic disc drusen are an incidental finding.
Drusen in such an area would be over or under represented accordingly.
Each such drusen image is superimposed on the contrast enhanced image.
The result is increased precision and objectivity in drusen measurement.
This allows the use of a global threshold to segment the drusen accurately.
Both age related drusen and optic disc drusen can be observed by ophthalmoscopy.