Research Article

Comparison of Retinal Microvessel Blood Flow Velocities Acquired with Two Different Fields of View

Table 2

Retinal blood flow velocity using 20- and 35-degree FOVs.

ArterioleVenule

Velocity (mm/s)20 degrees3.80 ± 0.372.93 ± 0.27
Inner field4.05 ± 0.433.06 ± 0.28
Outer field3.86 ± 0.473.24 ± 0.33
35 degrees3.99 ± 0.423.19 ± 0.30

Velocity ratio20 degrees/inner field0.95 ± 0.060.96 ± 0.07
20 degrees/35 degrees0.95 ± 0.060.92 ± 0.07
Inner/outer1.05 ± 0.100.95 ± 0.06

Vessel segments20 degrees20 ± 419 ± 2
Inner field21 ± 520 ± 5
Outer field12 ± 717 ± 5
35 degrees32 ± 1037 ± 7

Vessel rejection rate (%)20 degree8 ± 46 ± 4
35 degrees10 ± 411 ± 4