Quantifying changes in retinal circulation: The generation of parametric images from fluorescein angiograms

Physiological Measurement

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 165-180

  Hipwell, J H ^a   Manivannan, A ^a   Vieira, P ^a   Sharp, P F ^a   Forrester, J V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fluorescein angiography; Image processing; Retinal circulation; Scanning laser ophthalmoscope

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; EYE PROTECTION;

DETECTION OF CHANGES; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL INTEGRITIES; GAMMA-VARIATE; IMAGES PROCESSING; MAXIMUM INTENSITIES; PARAMETRIC IMAGE; RETINAL CIRCULATION; SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPE; TIMES OF ARRIVALS;

OPHTHALMOLOGY;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA BLOOD FLOW; RETINA FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPY;

EID: 0031835981     PISSN: 09673334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/19/2/004     Document Type: Article

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