Macular pigment optical density measurements: Evaluation of a device using heterochromatic flicker photometry

Eye

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 105-112

  De Kinkelder, R ^a,b   Van Der Veen, R L P ^c   Verbaak, F D ^a   Faber, D J ^a   Van Leeuwen, T G ^a,d   Berendschot, T T J M ^c  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b TOPCON CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

fundus reflectance; heterochromatic flicker photometry; macular pigment

Indexed keywords

VISUAL PIGMENT; XANTHOPHYLL; ZEAXANTHIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEVICE; EYE FUNDUS; HETEROCHROMATIC FLICKER PHOTOMETRY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MACUSCOPE; NORMAL HUMAN; OPTICAL DENSITY; PHOTOMETRY; QUANTIFEYE; REFLECTOMETRY;

EID: 78651354976     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.2010.164     Document Type: Article

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