Raman detection of carotenoid pigments in the human retina

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4245, Issue , 2001, Pages 146-157

  Gellermann, W ^a   Ermakov, I V ^a   Ermakova, M R ^a   McClane, R W ^a   Wintch, S W ^a   Zhao, D Y ^a   Bernstein, P S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Carotenoids; Lutein; Raman scattering; Resonance Raman spectroscopy; Retina

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; LASER APPLICATIONS; PIGMENTS; RAMAN SCATTERING; VISION;

MOLECULAR EXCITATION; RETINA;

NONINVASIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 0034866538     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.429266     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (29)

1. Preliminary identification of the human macular pigment
2. Measurement of carotenoids in human and monkey retinas
3. Evidence for protection against age-related macular degeneration by carotenoids and antioxidant vitamins
4. Antioxidant status and neovascular age-related macular degeneration
5. Dietary carotenoids, vitamins A, C, and E, and advanced age-related macular degeneration
6. Dietary modification of human macular pigment density
7. A one year study of the macular pigment: The effect of 140 days of a lute, fin supplement
8. The macular pigment: A possible role in protection from age-related macular degeneration
9. Macular pigment in donor eyes with and without AMD: A case-control study
10. Individual variations in the spatial profile of human macular pigment
11. In vivo psychophysical assessment of nutritional and environmental influences on human ocular tissues: Lens and macular pigment
12. Senescence of foveal and parafoveal cone sensitivities and their relations to macular pigment density
13. Macular pigment optical density in a southwestern sample
14. Influence of lutein supplementation on macular pigment, assessed with two objective techniques
15. Raman detection of pigments in the human retina
16. Raman detection of macular carotenoid pigments in intact human retina
17. Resonant Raman detection of macular pigment levels in the living human retina
18. Non-invasive raman spectroscopic detection of carotenoids in human skin
19. Determination of the 82 lifetime of β-carotene
20. On the theory of Raman intensities
21. Raman and infrared spectra of the all-trans, 7-cis, 9-cis, 13-cis, and 15-cis isomers of β-carotene: Key bands distinguishing stretched or terminal-bent configurations from central-bent configurations
22. Light levels in fundus photography and fluorescein angiography
23. Transmission spectra of light to the mammalian retina
24. Age-related changes in the absorption characteristics of the primate lens
25. Lutein and zeaxanthin concentrations in rod outer segment membranes from perifoveal and peripheral human retina