Seeing the invisible: The challenge of imaging vitreous

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 38-46

  Sebag, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dark field microscopy; Dynamic light scattering; Imaging; Ophthalmoscopy; Optical coherence tomography; Raman spectroscopy; Scanning laser ophthalmoscopy; Ultrasonography; Vitreous

Indexed keywords

ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

COHERENT LIGHT; COLLAGEN; DISEASES; HISTOLOGY; LIGHT SCATTERING; MACROMOLECULES; MEDICAL IMAGING; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; TISSUE; TOMOGRAPHY;

IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

CHEMISTRY; ECHOGRAPHY; EYE DISEASE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; OPHTHALMOSCOPE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PATHOLOGY; PHOTOMETRY; RADIATION SCATTERING; REVIEW; SPECTROSCOPY; VITREOUS BODY;

EYE DISEASES; HUMANS; OPHTHALMOSCOPES; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PHOTOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 1642633835     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.1627339     Document Type: Article

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