Age-related decrease of the retinal vasculature area identified with a novel computer-aided analysis system

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 228, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 229-237

  Yamamoto, Yuuka ^a   Yamamoto, Yoichiro ^b,c   Marugame, Atsushi ^d   Ogura, Maki ^d   Saito, Akira ^d   Ohta, Kouichi ^e   Fukumoto, Manabu ^f   Murata, Toshinori ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER   (United States)

^d NEC CORPORATION   (Japan)

^e MATSUMOTO DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Age; Arteriosclerosis; Computer aided diagnosis; Hypertension; Retinal microvasculature

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTERIOLE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE FUNDUS; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING SYSTEM; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; VENULE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BLOOD PRESSURE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOGRAPHY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETINAL VESSELS;

EID: 84867885731     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: 13493329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.228.229     Document Type: Article

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