Subvisible retinal laser therapy: Titration algorithm and tissue response

Retina

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 87-97

  Lavinsky, Daniel ^a,b   Sramek, Christopher ^c   Wang, Jenny ^a   Huie, Philip ^a   Dalal, Roopa ^a   Mandel, Yossi ^a   Palanker, Daniel ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^c TOPCON CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Computational model; Imaging; Laser photocoagulation; Photostimulation

Indexed keywords

LIGHT MICROSCOPE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE IMAGING; BURN; CALIBRATION; DIABETIC MACULAR EDEMA; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; EYE FUNDUS; IN VIVO STUDY; LASER; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MICROSCOPY; MICROTOME; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PIGMENTATION; RABBIT; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; RETINA INJURY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SUBVISIBLE RETINAL LASER THERAPY; TISSUE INJURY; TITRIMETRY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; LASER COAGULATION; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; RABBITS; RETINA; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84891886148     PISSN: 0275004X     EISSN: 15392864     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IAE.0b013e3182993edc     Document Type: Article

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