Real-time measurement of human optic nerve head and choroid circulation, using the laser speckle phenomenon

Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 49-54

  Tamaki, Yasuhiro ^a   Araie, Makoto ^b   Tomita, Ken ^b   Nagahara, Miyuki ^b   Tomidokoro, Atsuo ^b   Fujii, Hitoshi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Choroid; Human eye; Laser speckle phenomenon; Optic nerve head; Tissue circulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CHOROID VASCULARIZATION; DIODE LASER; HUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CHOROID; FUNDUS OCULI; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LASERS; MICROCIRCULATION; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OPTIC DISK; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0030914621     PISSN: 00215155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-5155(96)00008-1     Document Type: Article

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