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A preliminary investigation has been made of choroidal blood flow using a computer-aided image analysis approach to interpretation of indocyanine green (ICG) dye choroidal angiograms. The goal of the study was to characterise blood flow through the choroidal arteries vs. choroidal capillaries and veins. The methods of analysis used are briefly reviewed, and preliminary data obtained mainly from monkey eyes are presented. Preliminary conclusions are made regarding the relationship between compliance of choroidal arterial vessels and blood flow through them.
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This investigation was supported in part by the US Navy under Contract N00039-87-C-5301 and by Becton Dickinson Microbiological Systems, Cockeysville, MD.
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Flower, R., Klein, G. Pulsatile flow in the choroidal circulation: A preliminary investigation. Eye 4, 310–318 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1038/eye.1990.42
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/eye.1990.42