The temporal and nasal retinal arteriolar and venular angles in preterm infants

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 95, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1723-1727

  Wong, Karen ^a   Ng, Jeffrey ^b   Ells, Anna ^c   Fielder, Alistair R ^a   Wilson, Clare M ^d  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ALBERTA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; COMPUTER AIDED IMAGE ANALYSIS OF THE RETINA; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NASAL ARTERIOLAR ANGLE; NASAL VENULAR ANGLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RETINA IMAGE; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; STAGING; TEMPORAL ARTERIOLAR ANGLE; TEMPORAL VENULAR ANGLE; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

ARTERIOLES; CANADA; GESTATIONAL AGE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; OPTIC DISK; RETINAL VESSELS; RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY; TEMPORAL ARTERIES; VENULES;

EID: 81555204367     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2011-300416     Document Type: Article

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