Functional slit lamp biomicroscopy for imaging bulbar conjunctival microvasculature in contact lens wearers

Microvascular Research

Volumn 92, Issue , 2014, Pages 62-71

  Jiang, Hong ^a,b   Zhong, Jianguang ^a,c   DeBuc, Delia Cabrera ^a   Tao, Aizhu ^a,d   Xu, Zhe ^a,d   Lam, Byron L ^a   Liu, Che ^a,e   Wang, Jianhua ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HANGZHOU FIRST PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL   (China)

^d WENZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e University of Miami   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; BULBAR CONJUNCTIVAL MICROVASCULATURE; CAMERA; CONTACT LENS; EYE BLOOD FLOW; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MICROVASCULATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SLIT LAMP; ADULT; CONJUNCTIVA; DEVICES; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VASCULARIZATION; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTACT LENSES; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; FEMALE; FRACTALS; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MICROVESSELS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84895919050     PISSN: 00262862     EISSN: 10959319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mvr.2014.01.005     Document Type: Article

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