Macular pigment Raman detector for clinical applications

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 139-148

  Ermakov, Igor ^a   Ermakova, Maia ^a   Gellermann, Werner ^a   Bernstein, Paul S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Lutein; Macular pigments; Noninvasive detector; Raman spectroscopy; Zeaxan thin

Indexed keywords

AGE RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION; MACULAR PIGMENTS; NONINVASIVE DETECTOR; RAMAN DETECTORS; ZEAXANTHIN;

DETECTORS; MOLECULAR VIBRATIONS; NONINVASIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURES; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; PIGMENTS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY;

OPHTHALMOLOGY;

CAROTENOID; VISUAL PIGMENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER INTERFACE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSDUCER; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

CAROTENOIDS; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MACULA LUTEA; MACULAR DEGENERATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETINAL PIGMENTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN; TRANSDUCERS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 1642618365     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.1627776     Document Type: Article

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