Improving the repeatability of heterochromatic flicker photometry for measurement of macular pigment optical density

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 251, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 871-880

  Howells, Olivia ^a   Eperjesi, Frank ^a   Bartlett, Hannah ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Heterochromatic flicker photometry; Macular pigment; Macular pigment optical density

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HETEROCHROMATIC FLICKER PHOTOMETRY; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT REPEATABILITY; OPTICAL DENSITY; OPTOMETRY; PHOTOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; RELIABILITY; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL ACUITY CHART;

ADULT; DENSITOMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUTEIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHOTOMETRY; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETINA; RETINAL PIGMENTS; XANTHOPHYLLS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876480415     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: 1435702X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-012-2127-0     Document Type: Article

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