Analysis of choroidal morphologic features and vasculature in healthy eyes using spectral-domain optical coherence tomography

Ophthalmology

Volumn 120, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1901-1908

  Branchini, Lauren A ^a   Adhi, Mehreen ^a   Regatieri, Caio V ^a   Nandakumar, Namrata ^a   Liu, Jonathan J ^b   Laver, Nora ^a   Fujimoto, James G ^b   Duker, Jay S ^a  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b USA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOROID; CHOROID CAPILLARY LAYER; CHOROID VASCULARIZATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DARKNESS; HUMAN; LIGHT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCLERA; SPECTRAL DOMAIN OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; STROMA; THICKNESS; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOROID; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883761490     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: 15494713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2013.01.066     Document Type: Article

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