Oscillation of angiogenesis with vascular dropout in diabetic retinopathy by VESsel GENeration analysis (VESGEN)

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 498-507

  Parsons Wingerter, Patricia ^a   Radhakrishnan, Krishnan ^b   Vickerman, Mary B ^a   Kaiser, Peter K ^c  

^a NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DISEASE COURSE; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETINA ARTERY; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RETINA FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; RETINA VEIN; ADULT; EYE FUNDUS; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOGRAPHY; RETINA NEOVASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; FUNDUS OCULI; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PHOTOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETINAL ARTERY; RETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; RETINAL VEIN;

EID: 75749107533     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.09-3968     Document Type: Article

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