Variance of retinal vessel diameter response to flicker light. A methodical clinical study;Varianz der netzhautgefäßreaktion auf flickerlicht. Eine klinisch-methodische studie

Ophthalmologe

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 114-119

  Nagel, E ^a   Vilser, W ^b,c   Fink, A ^c   Riemer, T ^c  

^a Augenarztpraxis   (Germany)

^b ILMENAU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c Imedos GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Flicker light; Retinal vessel analyzer; Retinal vessel diameter; Variance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIGHT; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZATION; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; VISUAL STIMULATION; ANATOMY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOSTIMULATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETINA ARTERY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VASODILATATION;

ANATOMY, CROSS-SECTIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIGHT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETINAL ARTERY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VASODILATION;

EID: 33644635887     PISSN: 0941293X     EISSN: 14330423     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00347-005-1254-y     Document Type: Article

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