Measurement of microcirculation in the optic nerve head by laser speckle flowgraphy and scanning laser doppler flowmetry

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 129, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 734-739

  Yaoeda, Kiyoshi ^a   Shirakashi, Motohiro ^a   Funaki, Shigeo ^a   Funaki, Haruko ^a   Nakatsue, Tomoko ^a   Abe, Haruki ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; EYE BLOOD FLOW; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; LASER SPECKLE FLOWGRAPHY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MICROCIRCULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC DISK; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0033864774     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9394(00)00382-2     Document Type: Article

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