Imaging polarimetry and retinal blood vessel quantification at the epiretinal membrane

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1431-1437

  Miura, Masahiro ^a   Elsner, Ann E ^b   Cheney, Michael C ^c   Usui, Masahiko ^a   Iwasaki, Takuya ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Atlantis Components Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BLOOD VESSELS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; POLARIMETERS; REFLECTION; VISION;

DEPOLARIZED LIGHT; IMAGING POLARIMETRY;

OPHTHALMOLOGY;

AGED; ARTICLE; EPIRETINAL MEMBRANE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; POLARIZATION MICROSCOPY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RETINOSCOPY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; EPIRETINAL MEMBRANE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MALE; MICROSCOPY, POLARIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETINAL VESSELS; RETINOSCOPY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34249672853     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.24.001431     Document Type: Article

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