Choroidal structure in normal eyes and after photodynamic therapy determined by binarization of optical coherence tomographic images

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 3893-3898

  Sonoda, Shozo ^a   Sakamoto, Taiji ^a   Yamashita, Takehiro ^a   Shirasawa, Makoto ^a   Uchino, Eisuke ^a   Terasaki, Hiroto ^a   Tomita, Masatoshi ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Choroid; EDI OCT; Vessel

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHOROID; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE AXIS LENGTH; EYE TRACKING; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MEASUREMENT REPEATABILITY; MYDRIASIS; OCULOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SLIT LAMP; SPECTRAL DOMAIN OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION; CHOROID; EDI-OCT; VESSEL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD VESSELS; CHOROID; FEMALE; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; WET MACULAR DEGENERATION;

EID: 84902687911     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.14-14447     Document Type: Article

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