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Faisal Beg
Back to facultyProfessor, Graduate Program ChairSchool of Engineering ScienceSimon Fraser University
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Latest papers
Evaluating the quantity and spatial density of macrophage-like cells in patients with retinal vascular disease and healthy subjects via non-invasive retinal imaging.
International journal of retina and vitreous · 2025
1 publications.
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Evaluating the quantity and spatial density of macrophage-like cells in patients with retinal vascular disease and healthy subjects via non-invasive retinal imaging.
Ghaseminejad F, van Rijssen TJ, Khatami P, Rissoli PL, Chen R, Chen Y, Tao B, Ju MJ, Beg F, Navajas EV
International journal of retina and vitreous2025
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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Biomedical Engineering
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