Investigation of the effect of simulated lens yellowing, transparency loss and refractive error on in vivo resonance Raman spectroscopy

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 225-231

  Hogg, R E ^a   Zlatkova, M B ^b   Chakravarthy, U ^a   Anderson, R S ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lutein; Macular pigment; Raman spectroscopy; Zeaxanthin

Indexed keywords

VISUAL PIGMENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA OPACITY; EYE COLOR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IN VIVO STUDY; LENS DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; REFRACTION ERROR; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; SIMULATION; SOFT CONTACT LENS;

ADULT; AGING; HUMANS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; LUTEIN; MACULAR DEGENERATION; REFRACTION, OCULAR; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN; XANTHOPHYLLS;

EID: 34247564665     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: 14751313     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-1313.2007.00478.x     Document Type: Article

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