Image analysis of the normal human retinal vasculature using fractal geometry

Human and Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 14-18

  Ţǎlu, Ştefan ^a   Giovanzana, Stefano ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CLUJ NAPOCA   (Romania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fractal analysis; Fractal dimension; Retina; Retinal microcirculation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860226421     PISSN: 20667655     EISSN: 20667663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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