Noninvasive visualization and analysis of parafoveal capillaries in humans

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1691-1698

  Tam, Johnny ^a,b,c   Martin, Joy A ^d   Roorda, Austin ^a,b,c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UCSF/UCB Joint Graduate Group in Bioengineering   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; RETINA FOVEA; SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPE; VIDEORECORDING; ADULT; BLOOD FLOW; CAPILLARY; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; LASER; MICROCIRCULATION; OPHTHALMOSCOPE; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; VASCULARIZATION;

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; CAPILLARIES; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; FOVEA CENTRALIS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LASERS; MICROCIRCULATION; OPHTHALMOSCOPES; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RETINAL VESSELS; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 77949894204     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.09-4483     Document Type: Article

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