Noninvasive visualization and analysis of the human parafoveal capillary network using swept source OCT optical microangiography

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 3984-3988

  Kuehlewein, Laura ^a,b   Tepelus, Tudor C ^a,b   An, Lin ^c   Durbin, Mary K ^c   Srinivas, Sowmya ^a,b   Sadda, Srinivas R ^a,b  

^a DOHENY EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CARL ZEISS SMT AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Angiography; Fovea; Image analysis; Optical coherence tomography; Parafoveal capillaries

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MICROANGIOGRAPHY; NORMAL HUMAN; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PARAFOVEAL CAPILLARY NETWORK; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CAPILLARY; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; ADULT; CAPILLARY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RETINA FOVEA; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; CAPILLARIES; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; FOVEA CENTRALIS; HUMANS; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; RETINAL VESSELS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 84939856634     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.15-16510     Document Type: Article

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