Retinal vessel diameter can reliably be determined in minipigs using Retinal Vessel Analyser with a microscope-mounted fundus camera

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Papadopoulou, Domniki N ^a   Mangioris, George ^a   Petropoulos, Ioannis K ^a   Mendrinos, Efstratios ^a   Mavropoulos, Anestis ^a   Pournaras, Constantin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

fundus camera; reliability; repeatability; reproducibility; Retinal Vessel Analyser; retinal vessel diameter

Indexed keywords

ANALYZER; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTERIOLE; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CAMERA; INFERIOR TEMPORAL RETINA ARTERY; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MICROSCOPE MOUNTED FUNDUS CAMERA; MINIPIG; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RETINAL VESSEL ANALYZER; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL RETINA ARTERY; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MICROSCOPY; OBSERVER VARIATION; OXYGEN; PARTIAL PRESSURE; PHOTOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETINAL VESSELS; SWINE; SWINE, MINIATURE; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84861648142     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: 17553768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2011.02374.x     Document Type: Article

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