Confocal scanning laser doppler flowmetry in the rat retina: Origin of flow signals and dependence on scan depth

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 397-402

  Chauhan, Balwantray C ^a,c   Yu, Paula K ^b   Cringle, Stephen J ^b   Yu, Dao Yi ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE DEXTRAN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOWMETER; BLOOD FLOWMETRY; CHOROID VASCULARIZATION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA ARTERY; RETINA BLOOD FLOW; RETINA CAPILLARY; RETINA VEIN; VENULE;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ANIMALS; ARTERIOLES; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; DEXTRANS; FLUORESCEIN; FLUORESCEIN-5-ISOTHIOCYANATE; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RETINAL ARTERY; RETINAL VEIN; SERUM ALBUMIN, BOVINE; VENULES;

EID: 33644915314     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 00039950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.124.3.397     Document Type: Article

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