Value of polarisation-sensitive optical coherence tomography in diseases affecting the retinal pigment epithelium

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 204-209

  Michels, S ^a,b   Pircher, M ^a   Geitzenauer, W ^a   Simader, C ^a   Gotzinger E ^a   Findl, O ^c   Schmidt Erfurth, U ^a   Hitzenberger, C K ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIREFRINGENCE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DRUSEN; FIBROSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PATHOLOGY; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; POLARIZATION; POLARIZATION SENSITIVE OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINA TEAR; SCLERA;

ATROPHY; BIREFRINGENCE; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; RETINAL DETACHMENT; RETINAL DISEASES; RETINAL DRUSEN; RETINAL PERFORATIONS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 38949171400     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2007.130047     Document Type: Article

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