Infrared imaging of sub-retinal structures in the human ocular fundus

Vision Research

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 191-205

  Elsner, Ann E ^a,b   Burns, Stephen A ^a,b   Weiter, John J ^a,b   Delori, Francois C ^a,b  

^a SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Imaging; Infrared; Pathology; Pigment epithelium; Scanning laser ophthalmoscope

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRUCH MEMBRANE; CHILD; CHOROID VASCULARIZATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; EYE FUNDUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGING; INFANT; INFRARED RADIATION; MALE; NEWBORN; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTIC NERVE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOROID; CHOROID DISEASES; FEMALE; FUNDUS OCULI; HUMAN; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; RETINA; RETINAL DISEASES; RETINAL VESSELS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0029655876     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0042-6989(95)00100-E     Document Type: Article

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