Retinal blood flow evaluation

Ophthalmologica

Volumn 229, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 61-74

  Pournaras, Constantin J ^a   Riva, Charles E ^b  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Color Doppler imaging; Laser Doppler flowmetry; Laser Doppler velocimetry; Laser speckle flowgraphy; Retinal blood flow; Retinal ischemic microangiopathy; Retinal Vessel Analyzer

Indexed keywords

ANALYZER; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VESSEL; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC MICROANGIOPATHY; ERYTHROCYTE; GLAUCOMA; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPEROXIA; HYPOXIA; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; LASER SPECKLE FLOWGRAPHY; LEUKOCYTE; MEASUREMENT; MICROANGIOPATHY; MICROCIRCULATION; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NONHUMAN; RETINA BLOOD FLOW; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; REVIEW; SIMULATION; ANALYTIC METHOD; BLUE FIELD SIMULATION; BRANCH RETINAL VEIN OCCLUSION; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ENDOTHELIUM; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; RETINA CAPILLARY; RETINA DISEASE; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; RETINA VESSEL ANALYZER; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VASOCONSTRICTION;

HUMANS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MICROCIRCULATION; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RETINAL VESSELS;

EID: 84873322551     PISSN: 00303755     EISSN: 14230267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000338186     Document Type: Review

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