Confocal Raman spectroscopy system for noncontact scanning of ocular tissues: An in vitro study

Optical Engineering

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 3193-3199

  Jongsma, Franciscus H M ^a,n   Erckens, Roel J ^a,b,d,e   Wicksted, James P ^c,f,g,h   Bauer, Noel J C ^a,b,d,n   Hendrikse, Fred ^a,e,i,j   March, Wayne F ^b   Motamedi, Massoud ^b,d,k,l,m  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^c OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^e MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^h OSU   (United States)

ⁱ ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^j RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^k UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^l WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^m Biomedical Engineer   (United States)

ⁿ SPIE   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

Confocal; Fiber optics; Noninvasive; Ocular tissue; Raman spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001482580     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.601529     Document Type: Article

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