Pump-probe detection of laser-induced microbubble formation in retinal pigment epithelium cells

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 367-371

  Roegener, Jan ^a,b   Brinkmann, Ralf ^c   Lin, Charles P ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c MEDICAL LASER CENTER LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cavitation; Melanosome; Microbubble; Pump probe; Retinal pigment epithelium; RPE

Indexed keywords

MICROSPHERE;

AIR; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; IN VITRO STUDY; LASER; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIATION SCATTERING; SWINE; TIME;

AIR; ANIMALS; CELL SURVIVAL; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; LASERS; MICROSPHERES; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SWINE; TIME FACTORS;

CELLS; LASER PULSES; LIGHT SCATTERING; PIGMENTS;

LASER INDUCED MICROBUBBLE FORMATION; MELANIN; NANOSECOND TIME RESOLVED MICROSCOPY; PUMP PROBE METHOD; RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM CELLS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

MUS;

EID: 2442679375     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.1646413     Document Type: Article

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