Lens opacity and refractive influences on the measurement of retinal vascular fractal dimension

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Li, Haitao ^a   Mitchell, Paul ^a   Liew, Gerald ^a   Rochtchina, Elena ^a   Kifley, Annette ^a   Wong, Tien Y ^b,c   Hsu, Wynne ^c   Lee, Mong L ^c   Zhang, Yong P ^d   Wang, Jie J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d NINGBO UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

axial length; fractal dimension; lens opacity; refraction; retinal vasculature

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RETINAL VASCULAR FRACTAL DIMENSION; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AXIAL LENGTH, EYE; CATARACT; FEMALE; FRACTALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; OPTIC DISK; PHOTOGRAPHY; REFRACTION, OCULAR; RETINAL VESSELS;

EID: 77956206847     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: 17553768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2010.01975.x     Document Type: Article

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