Measurement of Foveal Avascular Zone Dimensions and its Reliability in Healthy Eyes Using Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 161, Issue , 2016, Pages 50-55.e1

  Shahlaee, Abtin ^a   Pefkianaki, Maria ^a   Hsu, Jason ^a   Ho, Allen C ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FOVEAL AVASCULAR ZONE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY DEVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RETINA FOVEA; VASCULARIZATION;

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

EID: 84959367125     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: 18791891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2015.09.026     Document Type: Article

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