Correspondence between retinal reflectometry and a flicker-based technique in the measurement of macular pigment spatial profiles

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Van Der Veen, Rob L P ^a   Berendschot, Tos T J M ^a   Makridaki, Maria ^b   Hendrikse, Fred ^a   Carden, David ^a   Murray, Ian J ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fundus reflectometry; Heterochromatic flicker photometry; Macular pigment; Scanning laser ophthalmoscopy

Indexed keywords

CORRECTION FACTORS; HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS; HETEROCHROMATIC FLICKER PHOTOMETRIES; HORIZONTAL TRANSLATION; MACULAR PIGMENTS; PSYCHOPHYSICAL; REFERENCE POINTS; REFLECTOMETRY; SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPY; SPATIAL PROFILES; STRONG CORRELATION;

PHOTOMETERS; PHOTOMETRY; REFLECTION; REFLECTOMETERS; SPOT WELDING;

ALDEHYDES;

ADULT; ARTICLE; EYE FUNDUS; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOMETRY; REFRACTOMETRY; RETINA;

ADULT; FEMALE; FUNDUS OCULI; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTOMETRY; REFRACTOMETRY; RETINA;

EID: 77950346253     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3275481     Document Type: Article

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