In vivo human choroidal thickness measurements: Evidence for diurnal fluctuations

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 5-12

  Brown, Jamin S ^a,b   Flitcroft, D Ian ^c   Ying, Gui Shuang ^d   Francis, Ellie L ^b   Schmid, Gregor F ^e   Quinn, Graham E ^b,d   Stone, Richard A ^b,d  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e CIBA Vision Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHOROID; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE AXIS LENGTH; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERFEROMETRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPTOMETRY; PARTIAL COHERENCE INTERFEROMETRY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; SCHOOL CHILD; SCLERA; THICKNESS; VALIDATION STUDY; ADOLESCENT; HISTOLOGY; LIGHT; MORPHOMETRICS; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOROID; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; HUMANS; INTERFEROMETRY; LIGHT; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58249086521     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.08-1779     Document Type: Article

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