Simple raman instrument for in vivo detection of macular pigments

Applied Spectroscopy

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 861-867

  Ermakov, Igor V ^a   Ermakova, Maia R ^a   Gellermann, Werner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Lutein; Macular pigments; Noninvasive detection; Raman spectroscopy; Retina; Zeaxanthin

Indexed keywords

LUTEIN; MACULAR PIGMENTS; NONIVASIVE DETECTION; RETINA; ZEAXANTHIN;

ANTIOXIDANTS; BANDPASS FILTERS; CAMERAS; CARBON; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; CHEMICAL BONDS; OPTICAL FILTERS; OXIDATION; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; RESONANCE;

PIGMENTS;

VISUAL PIGMENT;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ALGORITHMS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MACULA LUTEA; MACULAR DEGENERATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETINAL PIGMENTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN;

EID: 22744455961     PISSN: 00037028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1366/0003702054411616     Document Type: Article

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