Computerized measurement of retinal blood vessel calibre: Description, validation and use to determine the influence of ageing and hypertension

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 843-850

  Pose Reino, Antonio ^a   Gomez Ulla, Francisco ^a   Hayik, Bashir ^a   Rodriguez Fernández, Marta ^a   Carreira Nouche, Maria J ^b   Mosquera González, Antonio ^b   González Penedo, Manuel ^c   Gude, Francisco ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE CONXO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Arteriovenous ratio; Computerized retinal image analysis; Hypertensive retinopathy; Retinal blood vessel calibre

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CHILD; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; EYE FUNDUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPTIC DISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RETINA IMAGE;

EID: 17144431788     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.hjh.0000163154.35577.8e     Document Type: Article

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