High-resolution imaging of autofluorescent particles within drusen using structured illumination microscopy

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 518-523

  Rossberger, Sabrina ^a   Ach, Thomas ^a   Best, Gerrit ^a   Cremer, Christoph ^a,b   Heintzmann, Rainer ^c,d,e   Dithmar, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY IMB   (Germany)

^c FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^d LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PHOTONIC TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^e KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPOFUSCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE IMAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUSEN; EPIFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PARTICLE SIZE; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURED ILLUMINATION MICROSCOPY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC ATROPHY; HUMANS; LIPOFUSCIN; MALE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTICAL IMAGING; RETINAL DRUSEN; RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 84875177162     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2012-302350     Document Type: Article

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