Effect of pulse duration on size and character of the lesion in retinal photocoagulation

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 78-85

  Jain, ATul ^a   Blumenkranz, Mark S ^a   Paulus, Yannis ^b   Wiltberger, Michael W ^c   Andersen, Dan E ^c   Huie, Phil ^a   Palanker, Daniel ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c OptiMedica Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL IMAGING; HISTOLOGY; LASER; LASER COAGULATION; NEODYMIUM LASER; NONHUMAN; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA DISEASE;

ANIMALS; EYE INJURIES, PENETRATING; LASER COAGULATION; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; RABBITS; RETINA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 38349073488     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 00039950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archophthalmol.2007.29     Document Type: Article

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