Reproducibility and repeatability of foveal avascular zone measurements in healthy subjects by optical coherence tomography angiography

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 671-676

  Carpineto, Paolo ^a   Mastropasqua, Rodolfo ^b   Marchini, Giorgio ^b   Toto, Lisa ^a   Di Nicola, Marta ^a   Di Antonio, Luca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOVEAL AVASCULAR ZONE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MEASUREMENT REPEATABILITY; MICROCIRCULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY ANGIOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETINA FOVEA; SPECTRAL DOMAIN OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANGIOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; VASCULARIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOVEA CENTRALIS; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETINAL VESSELS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84942133332     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2015-307330     Document Type: Article

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