Macular pigment optical density measurement in autofluorescence imaging: Comparison of one- and two-wavelength methods

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 244, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1565-1574

  Trieschmann, Meike ^a   Heimes, B ^a,b   Hense, H W ^a   Pauleikhoff, D ^a  

^a ST FRANZISKUS HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autofluorescence; Clinical investigation; Macular pigment

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE; LIPOFUSCIN; VISUAL PIGMENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYZER; ARTICLE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUSEN; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT ERROR; OPTICAL DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLIFERATIVE RETINOPATHY; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETINA ANGIOGRAPHY; RETINA FOVEA; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; SCREENING TEST; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DENSITOMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; HUMANS; LUTEIN; MACULA LUTEA; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETINAL PIGMENTS; XANTHOPHYLLS;

EID: 33751550215     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-006-0289-3     Document Type: Article

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