In-vivo diffusing-wave-spectroscopy measurements of the ocular fundus

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 4030-4038

  Rovati, L ^a   Cattini, S ^a   Zambelli, N ^a   Viola, F ^b   Staurenghi, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER HEATING; MICROSCOPES; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

DIFFUSING-WAVE-SPECTROSCOPY; OCULAR FUNDUS; TRANSPUPILLARY THERMOTHERAPY;

OPHTHALMOLOGY;

EID: 34147115028     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.004030     Document Type: Article

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