Macular pigment, photopigments, and melanin: Distributions in young subjects determined by four-wavelength reflectometry

Vision Research

Volumn 47, Issue 26, 2007, Pages 3259-3268

  Bone, Richard A ^a   Brener, Betty ^a   Gibert, Jorge C ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Lutein; Macular pigment; Reflectometry; Retinal camera; Zeaxanthin

Indexed keywords

MELANIN; VISUAL PIGMENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRIGHTNESS; CAMERA; CONTRAST; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; LINEAR SYSTEM; MYDRIASIS; NORMAL HUMAN; OPTICAL DENSITY; PHOTOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLECTOMETRY; RETINA CONE; RETINA FOVEA; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; RETINA ROD;

ADULT; DARK ADAPTATION; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MACULA LUTEA; MELANINS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PHOTOGRAPHY; RETINAL PIGMENTS; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 36048990590     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2007.09.002     Document Type: Article

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