Method of targeted delivery of laser beam to isolated retinal rods by fiber optics

Biomedical Optics Express

Volumn 2, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2926-2933

  Sim, Nigel ^a   Bessarab, Dmitri ^b   Michael Jones, C ^b   Krivitsky, Leonid ^a  

^a DATA STORAGE INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^b INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL BIOLOGY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL FIBERS;

ION CURRENTS; LIGHT DELIVERY; LIGHT INTENSITY; PHOTOINDUCED CURRENTS; ROD CELLS; TARGETED DELIVERY;

OPHTHALMOLOGY;

EID: 84863758274     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21567085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/BOE.2.002926     Document Type: Article

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