Age-related structural abnormalities in the human retina-choroid complex revealed by two-photon excited autofluorescence imaging

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Han, Meng ^a   Giese, Guenter ^b   Schmitz Valckenberg, Steffen ^c   Bindewald Wittich, Almut ^c   Holz, Frank G ^c   Yu, Jiayi ^a   Bille, Josef F ^a   Niemz, Markolf H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autofluorescence; Choroid; Retina; Two photon imaging

Indexed keywords

FLUOROPHORES; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PHOTONIC DEVICES;

AUTOFLUORESCENCE; HUMAN RETINA-CHOROID COMPLEX; PHOTORECEPTORS; RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; TWO-PHOTON IMAGING;

OPHTHALMOLOGY;

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; CHOROID; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPHOTON MICROSCOPY; PATHOLOGY; RETINA;

ADULT; AGING; CHOROID; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE, MULTIPHOTON; MIDDLE AGED; RETINA;

EID: 34250656469     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.2717522     Document Type: Article

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