Effect of scleral expansion band on ocular hypertension: Canadian phase 1 study
作者:Aaron W. Rifkind、Michael E. Yablonski、Jonathan J. Shuster
DOI:10.1007/s12019-001-0032-2
日期:2001.12
A prospective, nonrandomized, controlled, phase 1 clinical trial was conducted to evaluate use of the scleral expansion band for lowering elevated intraocular pressure (IOP) in patients with ocular hypertension or primary open-angle glaucoma. The procedure lowered IOP by increasing outflow.
By taking into account a geometrical interpretation of the measurement process [1,2], we define a set of measures of uncertainty. These measures will be called geometrical entropies. The amount of information is defined by considering the metric structure in the probability space. Shannon-von Neumann entropy is a particular element of this set. We show the incompatibility between this element and the concept of variance as a measure of the statistical fluctuations. When the probability space is endowed with the generalized statistical distance proposed in reference [3], we obtain the extended entropy. This element, which belongs to the set of geometrical entropies: is fully compatible with the concept of variance. Shannon-von Neumann entropy is recovered as an approximation of the extended entropy. The behavior of both entropies is compared in the case of a particle in a square-well potential.