In vivo and in vitro selective targeting of the Retinal Pigment Epithelium using a Laser-Scanning Device

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4611, Issue , 2002, Pages 59-63

  Alt, Clemens ^a   Framme, Carsten ^a,b,c   Schnell, Susanne ^a   Schuele, Georg ^b   Brinkmann, Ralf ^b   Lin, Charles P ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MEDICAL LASER CENTER LÜBECK   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Melanosomes; Retinal Pigment Epithelium; Scanning laser; Selective photocoagulation

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; LASER PULSES; SCANNING; VISION;

LASER-SCANNING DEVICES;

ACOUSTOOPTICAL EFFECTS;

EID: 0036399925     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.470607     Document Type: Article

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