Artery Research
Volume 4, Issue 3 , Pages 75-80 , September 2010

A novel measure to characterise optimality of diameter relationships at retinal vascular bifurcations

Received 23 November 2009 ,Revised 2 June 2010 ,Accepted 7 June 2010.

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PII: S1872-9312(10)00023-2

doi: 10.1016/j.artres.2010.06.003

Artery Research
Volume 4, Issue 3 , Pages 75-80 , September 2010

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