Mean Circulation Time of Fluorescein in Retinal Vascular Segments
- 1 January 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Ophthalmology (1950)
- Vol. 97 (1) , 145-148
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archopht.1979.01020010079018
Abstract
• Mean circulation time (MCT) of sodium fluorescein in retinal vascular segments was determined in healthy human volunteers, using the dye dilution technique. The fluorescein dilution curves were recorded with a two-point fluorophotometer. Average MCT was 3.9 seconds. The accuracy of the method was determined from repeated measurements in owl monkeys and human volunteers. No significant linear correlation was found between the MCT and the cross section of the vessels feeding and those draining the segment. The application of this technique to clinical work is discussed, and is illustrated by three clinical cases.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- Fluorescein dye-dilution technique and retinal circulationAmerican Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology, 1978
- Estimation of retinal blood flow by measurement of the mean circulation timeCardiovascular Research, 1971