Pathology of macular lesions from subnanosecond pulses of visible laser energy

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2204-2213

  Toth, Cynthia A ^a,e   Narayan, Drew G ^a   Cain, Clarence P ^b   Noojin, Gary D ^b   Winter, Katrina P ^a   Rockwell, Benjamin A ^c   Roach, W P ^d  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY EYE CENTER   (United States)

^b TASC   (United States)

^c Air Force Materiel Command   (United States)

^d AIR FORCE OFFICE OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Femtosecond laser pulses; Fluorescein angiography; Hemorrhage; Histopathology; Laser injury; Picosecond laser pulses; Ultrashort laser pulses

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; LASER; MACACA; NONHUMAN; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA HEMORRHAGE; RETINA INJURY; RETINA MACULOPATHY;

ANIMALS; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; LASERS; MACACA MULATTA; MACULA LUTEA; RETINA; RETINAL HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 0030794722     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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