A new method to measure peripheral retinal vascular caliber over an extended area

Microcirculation

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 495-503

  Cheung, Carol Yim Lui ^a   Hsu, Wynne ^b   Lee, Mong Li ^b   Wang, Jie Jin ^c,d   Mitchell, Paul ^d   Lau, Qiangfeng Peter ^b   Hamzah, Haslina ^a   Ho, Maisie ^a   Wong, Tien Yin ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular risk factors; Epidemiology; Peripheral retinal vessel; Retinal vascular caliber

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EYE DISEASE; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RISK FACTOR; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MICROVESSELS; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETINAL ARTERY; RETINAL VEIN; RETINAL VESSELS; RISK FACTORS; SINGAPORE; SOFTWARE;

EID: 78649429762     PISSN: 10739688     EISSN: 15498719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1549-8719.2010.00048.x     Document Type: Article

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