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. 2020 Mar 25;10:5408. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-62128-2

Table 2.

Results of sublingual microcirculation measured by incident dark field illumination and optical coherence tomography angiography.

Parameter (unit) Median [interquartile range]
IDF Illumination of sublingual microcirculation
TVD (mm ∙ mm−2) 21.9 [17.6; 23.4]
PVDby IDF (mm ∙ mm−2) 21.0 [17.5; 22.9]
PPV (%) 97.8 [96.3; 99.8]
MFIby quadrants 2.9 [2.9; 3.0]
OCTA of sublingual microcirculation
Flow densityWF (%) 48.9 [43.2; 54.5]
Flow densityCentral (%) 52.6 [43.6; 60.6]
PVDby OCTA (mm ∙ mm−2) 18.6 [18.0; 21.7]

MFIby quadrants, microvascular flow index; OCTA, optical coherence tomography angiography; PPV, proportion of perfused vessel; PVDby IDF, perfused vessel density in IDF illumination videos; PVDby OCTA, perfused vessel density in OCTA images, TVD, total vessel density.