Fundus Autofluorescence examination using a confocal Scanning Laser Ophthalmoscope HRA (Heidelberg Retina Angiograph);Badanie Autofluorescencji dna oka z zastosowaniem konfokalnego Skaningowego Oftalmoskopu Laserowego HRA (Heidelberg Retina Angiograph)

Klinika Oczna

Volumn 107, Issue 7-9, 2005, Pages 544-547

  Dolar Szczasny, Joanna ^a,c   Mackiewicz, Jerzy ^a   Bindewald, Almut ^b   Holz, Frank G ^b   Zagórski, Zbigniew ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LUBLIN   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

^c Katedra i Klinika Okulistyki   (Poland)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Autofluorescence; Confocal scanning laser ophthalmoscope; Lipofuscin; Retinal pigment epithelium

Indexed keywords

LIPOFUSCIN; VISUAL PIGMENT; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ARGON LASER; ARTICLE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; RETINA ANGIOGRAPHY; RETINA DISEASE; RETINA DYSTROPHY; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINA MACULA VITELLIFORM DEGENERATION; STARGARDT DISEASE; EYE FUNDUS; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; LASER; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; REVIEW;

FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; FUNDUS OCULI; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LASERS; LIPOFUSCIN; MACULAR DEGENERATION; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE;

EID: 33645943073     PISSN: 00232157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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