Variation associated with measurement of retinal vessel diameters at different points in the pulse cycle

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 57-61

  Knudtson, M D ^a   Klein, B E K ^a   Klein, R ^a   Wong, T Y ^a,b   Hubbard, L D ^a   Lee, K E ^a   Meuer, S M ^a   Bulla, C P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CLIP; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EAR; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; RETINA ARTERY; VENULE;

ADULT; ARTERIOLES; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; PHOTOGRAPHY; PULSE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETINAL VESSELS; VENULES;

EID: 0345863722     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.88.1.57     Document Type: Article

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