Structural changes of the retina after conventional laser photocoagulation and selective retina treatment (SRT) in spectral domain OCT

Current Eye Research

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 568-579

  Framme, Carsten ^a   Walter, Andreas ^a   Prahs, Philipp ^a   Regler, Roman ^a   Theisen Kunde, Dirk ^b   Alt, Clemens ^c   Brinkmann, Ralf ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b MEDICAL LASER CENTER LÜBECK   (Germany)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Autofluorescence; Imaging; OCT; Retinal laser treatment; SRT

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CENTRAL SEROUS RETINOPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC MACULOPATHY; DISEASE DURATION; HUMAN; IRRADIATION; LASER COAGULATION; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA ANGIOGRAPHY; RETINA FOVEA; RETINA INJURY; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; RETINA MACULOPATHY; RETINA NEUROEPITHELIAL LAYER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPECTRAL DOMAIN OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YAG LASER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATROPHY; HUMANS; LASER COAGULATION; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETINA; RETINAL DISEASES; RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 70350675570     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: 14602202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02713680902964892     Document Type: Article

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