Laboratory measurement of the absorption coefficient of riboflavin for ultraviolet light (365 nm)

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 195-201

  Iseli, Hans Peter ^a,b   Popp, Max ^a   Seiler, Theo ^a,c   Spoerl, Eberhard ^d   Mrochen, Michael ^a,e  

^a Institute for Refractive and Ophthalmic Surgery IROC   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^e ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXTRAN; RIBOFLAVIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; BLEACHING; CROSS LINKING; IRRADIATION; LABORATORY TEST; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ABSORPTION; COLLAGEN; CORNEAL STROMA; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; RIBOFLAVIN; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 79953020387     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/1081597X-20100604-01     Document Type: Article

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