Autofluorescence lifetime measurements in images of the human ocular fundus

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4432, Issue , 2001, Pages 29-39

  Schweitzer, D ^a   Kolb, A ^a   Hammer, M ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fluorescence; Human eye; Laser scanning ophthalmoscope; Lifetime; Lipofuscin; Mapping; Metabolism; Time correlated single photon counting

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE; MEDICAL IMAGING; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PHOTONS; QUENCHING; VISION;

LASER SCANNER OPHTHALMOSCOPES;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 0035759333     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.447153     Document Type: Conference Paper

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