Optical properties of ocular tissues in the near infrared region

Lasers in Medical Science

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 46-52

  Sardar, Dhiraj K ^a   Swanland, Guang Yin ^a   Yow, Raylon M ^a   Thomas, Robert J ^b   Tsin, Andrew T C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bovine ocular tissues; Human ocular tissues; Infrared laser wavelengths; Optical properties

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANISOTROPY; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFRARED RADIATION; INTERFEROMETER; LASER; MALE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION SCATTERING; REFRACTION INDEX; SIMULATION; VITREOUS BODY;

AGED; ANIMALS; AQUEOUS HUMOR; CATTLE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; LASERS; MALE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; REFRACTOMETRY; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 33847633883     PISSN: 02688921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10103-006-0421-y     Document Type: Article

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