Scanning laser reflectometry of retinal and subretinal tissues

Optics Express

Volumn 6, Issue 13, 2000, Pages 243-250

  Elsner, A E ^a   Moraes, L ^a   Beausencourt, E ^a   Remky, A ^a   Burns, S A ^a   Weiter, J J ^a   Walker, J P ^a   Wing, G L ^a   Raskauskas, P A ^a   Kelley, L M ^a  

^a SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGE PROCESSING; INFRARED RADIATION; LIGHT SOURCES; MEDICAL IMAGING; NONINVASIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURES; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PIGMENTS; TISSUE;

BIOLOGICAL IMAGING; DIGITAL IMAGING; NONIVASIVE ASSESSMENT; VISUAL SYSTEMS;

REFLECTOMETERS;

EID: 0000036365     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.6.000243     Document Type: Article

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