Reproducibility and clinical application of a newly developed stabilized retinal laser Doppler instrument

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 356-361

  Yoshida, Akitoshi ^a   Feke, Gilbert T ^b   Mori, Fumihiko ^a   Nagaoka, Taiji ^a   Fujio, Naoki ^a   Ogasawara, Hironobu ^a   Konno, Suguru ^a   Mcmeel, J Wallace ^b  

^a ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b Retina Associates Boston   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CALCULATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FLOWMETER; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETINA ARTERY; RETINA BLOOD FLOW; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RETINA VEIN; RETINA VEIN OCCLUSION; TIME;

ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETINAL ARTERY; RETINAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; RETINAL VEIN; RETINAL VEIN OCCLUSION;

EID: 0037374164     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9394(02)01949-9     Document Type: Article

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