Resonant Raman detection of macular pigment levels in the living human retina

Optics Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 202-204

  Ermakov, Igor V ^a   McClane, Robert W ^a   Gellermann, Werner ^a   Bernstein, Paul S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN RETINA;

BACKSCATTERING; PIGMENTS; RAMAN SCATTERING; RESONANCE;

VISION;

EID: 0000367403     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.26.000202     Document Type: Article

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