Optoacoustic control system for selective treatment of the retinal pigment epithelium

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4256, Issue , 2001, Pages 71-76

  Schüle, Georg ^a   Joachimmeyer, Elke ^b   Framme, Carsten ^a,c   Roider, Johann ^c   Birngruber, Reginald ^a   Brinkmann, Ralf ^a  

^a MEDICAL LASER CENTER LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bubble; Cell damage; Optoacoustic; Retinal pigment epithelium; RPE; Selective microphotocoagulation

Indexed keywords

CELLS; DISEASES; LASER PULSES; PATIENT TREATMENT; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; TISSUE;

OPTOACOUSTIC CONTROL SYSTEMS; PHOTORECEPTOR; RETINAL DISEASE; RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 0034872447     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.429323     Document Type: Article

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