Retinal mean transit time determined with an impulse-response analysis from video fluorescein angiograms

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 532-536

  Sperber, G O ^a   Alm, Alm ^a,b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Circulation; Fluorescein angiography; Impulse response analysis; Mean transit time; Retinal blood flow

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCEIN SODIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CIRCULATION TIME; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA BLOOD FLOW; SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPY; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0031449371     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0420.1997.tb00144.x     Document Type: Article

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