Assessment of perfused foveal microvascular density and dentification of nonperfused capillaries in healthy and vasculopathic eyes

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 8056-8066

  Pinhas, Alexander ^a,b   Razeen, Moataz ^a,c   Dubow, Michael ^a,b   Gan, Alexander ^a   Chui, Toco Y ^a,b   Shah, Nishit ^a   Mehta, Mitul ^a   Gentile, Ronald C ^a,d   Weitz, Rishard ^a   Walsh, Joseph B ^a   Sulai, Yusufu N ^e   Carroll, Joseph ^f   Dubra, Alfredo ^f   Rosen, Richard B ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^d WINTHROP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^f MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive optics; Fluorescein angiography; Image analysis; Retinal microvasculature; Scanning light ophthalmoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; FOVEAL MICROVASCULAR DENSITY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; RETINA CAPILLARY; RETINAL THICKNESS; RETINAL VASCULOPATHY; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; CAPILLARY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; MICROVASCULATURE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RETINA DISEASE; RETINA FOVEA; SCINTIGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; CAPILLARIES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; FOVEA CENTRALIS; HUMANS; MALE; MICROVESSELS; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PERFUSION IMAGING; RETINAL DISEASES; RETINAL VESSELS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84917690753     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.14-15136     Document Type: Article

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