Polarimetric high-resolution confocal scanning laser ophthalmoscope

Vision Research

Volumn 45, Issue 28, 2005, Pages 3526-3534

  Bueno, Juan M ^a   Vohnsen, Brian ^a  

^a LABORATORIO DE ÓPTICA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Confocal scanning laser ophthalmoscope; Contrast optimization; Polarimetry; Retinal imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BLOOD VESSEL; CALCULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTRAST; EYE FUNDUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ILLUMINATION; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; POLARIMETRY; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPE; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EYE DISEASES; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, POLARIZATION; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; RETINA;

EID: 28444439176     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2005.08.008     Document Type: Conference Paper

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