In-vivo measurement of the retinal birefringence with regard to corneal effects using an electro-optical ellipsometer

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 2930, Issue , 1996, Pages 92-101

  Pelz, Bernhard C E ^a   Weschenmoser, Christian ^a   Goelz, Stefan ^a   Fischer, Jörg P ^a   Burk, Reinhard O W ^a   Bille, Josef F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; BLOOD VESSELS; ELLIPSOMETRY; MEDICAL IMAGING; OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

ALTERNATIVE METHODS; CONFOCAL IMAGING; ELLIPSOMETER; FIXED BEAMS; HUMAN RETINAS; IN-VIVO; LIGHT BEAMS; NERVE FIBER LAYERS; OPTICAL-; PHASE RETARDATIONS; RADIAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

OPHTHALMOLOGY;

EID: 0002609671     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.260860     Document Type: Conference Paper

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