Oxygen saturation in human retinal vessels is higher in dark than in light

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 2308-2311

  Hardarson, Sveinn Hakon ^a   Basit, Samy ^a   Jonsdottir, Thora Elisabet ^a   Eysteinsson, Thor ^a   Halldorsson, Gisli Hreinn ^b   Karlsson, Robert Arnar ^b   Beach, James Melvin ^b   Benediktsson, Jon Atli ^c   Stefansson, Einar ^a  

^a LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^b Oxymap Ehf   (Iceland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; OXYGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAMERA; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARKNESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIGHT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OXIMETER; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA ARTERY; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RETINA VEIN; VOLUNTEER; BLOOD; BLOOD FLOW; DARK ADAPTATION; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; OXIMETRY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; DARK ADAPTATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGHT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXIMETRY; OXYGEN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RETINAL VESSELS;

EID: 65549115072     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.08-2576     Document Type: Article

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