Real-time blood velocity measurements in human retinal vein using the laser speckle phenomenon

Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 186-195

  Nagahara, Miyuki ^a   Tamaki, Yasuhiro ^b   Araie, Makoto ^a   Fujii, Hitoshi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology   (Japan)

^c KYUSHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blood velocity; Human retinal vein; Laser speckle phenomenon

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; EYE FUNDUS; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; METHODOLOGY; NOMOGRAM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETINA VEIN; VEIN DIAMETER;

ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; HEMATOCRIT; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LASERS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETINAL VEIN;

EID: 0033136540     PISSN: 00215155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-5155(99)00005-2     Document Type: Article

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