High-resolution fluorescence microscopy of retinal pigment epithelium using structured illumination;Hochauflösende Fluoreszenzmikroskopie des retinalen Pigmentepithels mittels strukturierter Beleuchtung

Ophthalmologe

Volumn 107, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1037-1042

  Ach, T ^a   Best, G ^b   Ruppenstein, M ^a   Amberger, R ^b   Cremer, C ^b   Dithmar, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autofluorescence; Lipofuscin; Melanin; Retinal pigment epithelium; Structured illumination

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956203684     PISSN: 0941293X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00347-010-2183-y     Document Type: Article

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