Morphometric analysis of aqueous humor outflow structures with spectral-domain optical coherence tomography

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 5198-5207

  Francis, Andrew W ^a   Kagemann, Larry ^b,c   Wollstein, Gadi ^b   Ishikawa, Hiroshi ^b,c   Folz, Steven ^d   Overby, Darryl R ^d,e   Sigal, Ian A ^b,c,f   Wang, Bo ^b   Schuman, Joel S ^b,c,f  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine   (United States)

^c University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

^d Tulane University   (United States)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS HUMOR OUTFLOW; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MICROVASCULATURE; MORPHOMETRICS; ORGAN PERFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPECTRAL DOMAIN OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; VENOUS PRESSURE; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; AQUEOUS HUMOR; CADAVER; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VASCULARIZATION; VENULE;

ANTERIOR CHAMBER; AQUEOUS HUMOR; CADAVER; CORROSION CASTING; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MICROVESSELS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VENULES;

EID: 84867892327     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.11-9229     Document Type: Article

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