Measurements of depolarization distribution in the healthy human macula by polarization sensitive OCT

Journal of Biophotonics

Volumn 2, Issue 6-7, 2009, Pages 426-434

  Baumann, Bernhard ^a   Götzinger, Erich ^a   Pircher, Michael ^a   Hitzenberger, Christoph K ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Depolarization; Optical coherence tomography; Polarization; Retina; Retinal pigment epithelium

Indexed keywords

3D DATA SETS; DEPTH RESOLVED IMAGING; HEALTHY HUMANS; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; POLARIZATION PROPERTIES; POLARIZATION SENSITIVE OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; POLARIZATION STATE; POLARIZATION-SENSITIVE OCT; POSTERIOR SEGMENT; QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION; RETINA; RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; RETINAL STRUCTURE; SPECTRAL DOMAINS;

ALDEHYDES; COHERENT LIGHT; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY;

DEPOLARIZATION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; RETINA MACULA LUTEA;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MACULA LUTEA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 70349318119     PISSN: 1864063X     EISSN: 18640648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbio.200910031     Document Type: Article

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