Raman imaging of carotenoid pigments in the human retina

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4611, Issue , 2002, Pages 197-204

  Gellermann, Werner ^a   Ermakov, Igor V ^a   McClane, Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

ARC LAMPS; BANDWIDTH; PIGMENTS; RAMAN SCATTERING; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY;

CAROTENOID PIGMENTS; RETINA;

OPHTHALMOLOGY;

EID: 0036400115     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.470595     Document Type: Conference Paper

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