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Thirty-two formaldehyde-fixated eyes of 16 patients were imaged. In the IR images, two independent graders measured retinal vessel diameters at the intersection of a drawn circle centered on the ONH with diameters of 2.0\u2009mm and 3.4\u2009mm, respectively. The anatomically corresponding measurements between both graders were statistically analyzed using a Wilcoxon signed-rank test.<\/jats:p><jats:p>\n          Results A total of 246 matched measurements of both graders were analyzed across all 32 imaged eyes. Statistically significant differences between the graders were found for arterioles at 2\u2009mm from the ONH. The other measurements did not show statistically significant intergrader differences. The mean values for arteriole diameters were 72.2\u2009\u00b5m at 2.0\u2009mm and 61.5\u2009\u00b5m at 3.4\u2009mm for grader 1, and 66.4\u2009\u00b5m at 2.0\u2009mm and 63.2\u2009\u00b5m at 3.4\u2009mm for grader 2. The mean diameter for venules were 75.5\u2009\u00b5m at 2.0\u2009mm and 79.3\u2009\u00b5m at 3.4\u2009mm for grader 1, and 67.4\u2009\u00b5m at 2\u2009mm and 79.1\u2009\u00b5m at 3.4\u2009mm for grader 2.<\/jats:p><jats:p>\n          Conclusion To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study to present IR image-based retinal vessel diameters in ex vivo postmortem eyes. Retinal IR\/OCT imaging is possible, and measurements are reproducible in formaldehyde-fixated human eyes. 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