Transscleral visible/near-infrared spectroscopy for quantitative assessment of melanin in a uveal melanoma phantom of ex vivo porcine eyes

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 330-336

  Krohn, Jørgen ^a,b   Xu, Can T ^c   Svenmarker, Pontus ^c   Khoptyar, Dmitry ^c   Andersson Engels, Stefan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Melanin; Model; Near infrared; Phantom; Porcine; Spectroscopy; Uveal melanoma; Visible

Indexed keywords

MELANIN;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CHOROID DISEASE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EX VIVO STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GELATION; MALE; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; SWINE; THICKNESS; UVEA MELANOMA;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; MALE; MELANINS; MELANOMA; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SCLERA; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED; SWINE; UVEAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77649192109     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2009.11.010     Document Type: Article

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