Targeting of the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) by means of a rapidly scanned continuous wave (CW) laser beam

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 252-264

  Brinkmann, Ralf ^a   Koop, Norbert ^a   Özdemir, Mustafa ^a   Alt, Clemens ^a   Schüle, Georg ^a   Lin, Charles P ^b   Birngruber, Reginald ^a  

^a MEDICAL LASER CENTER LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluorescence microscopy; Laser scanner; Melanosome; Photocoagulation; RPE damage; Selective treatment; Viability assay

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARGON LASER; ARTICLE; CELL DAMAGE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IN VITRO STUDY; LASER COAGULATION; MELANOSOME; NONHUMAN; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RAPIDLY SCANNED CONTINUOUS WAVE LASER BEAM; RETINA CELL; RETINA DISEASE; RETINA NEUROEPITHELIAL LAYER; SLIT LAMP; TARGET CELL;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; LASER COAGULATION; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; RETINAL DISEASES; SWINE;

EID: 0037963268     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.10150     Document Type: Article

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