cSLO digital fundus autofluorescence imaging: Improvements in imaging using confocal scanning laser ophthalmoscopy;cSLO-fundusautofluoreszenz-imaging: Methodische weiterentwicklungen der konfokalen scanning-laser-ophthalmoskopie

Ophthalmologe

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 259-264

  Bindewald, A ^a   Jorzik, J J ^b   Roth, F ^a   Holz, F G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fundus autofluorescence; Lipofuscin; Retinal pigment epithelium; Scanning laser ophthalmoscopy

Indexed keywords

ARGON LASER; ARTICLE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FILTER; FUNDUS AUTOFLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; PATHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; RETINA; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA DISEASE; RETINA DYSTROPHY; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINA MACULA EDEMA; SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPY; SOLID STATE;

AGED; ATROPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIPOFUSCIN; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MACULAR EDEMA, CYSTOID; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; RETINAL DEGENERATION; RETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFTWARE;

EID: 16844370830     PISSN: 0941293X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00347-004-1121-2     Document Type: Article

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