Monitoring intracellular cavitation during selective targeting of the retinal pigment epithelium

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4951, Issue , 2003, Pages 48-55

  Alt, Clemens ^a   Pitsillides, Costas M ^a,b   Roegener, Jan ^a   Lin, Charles P ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

Back scatter; Bubble formation; Cavitation; Laser scanner; Melanosomes; Online detection of cell death; Retinal pigment epithelium; Selective retinal photocoagulation; Slit lamp

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE FORMATION; CAVITATION; CELLS; COAGULATION; LIGHT SCATTERING; OPTICAL SYSTEMS;

CELL DEATH; INTRACELLULAR CAVITATION; MELANOSOMES; RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; SELECTIVE RETINAL PHOTOCOAGULATION;

OPHTHALMOLOGY;

EID: 0345283220     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.477956     Document Type: Conference Paper

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