Quantitative analysis of fluorescence lifetime measurements of the macula using the fluorescence lifetime imaging ophthalmoscope in healthy subjects

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 2106-2113

  Dysli, Chantal ^a   Quellec, Gwénolé ^b   Abegg, Mathias ^a   Menke, Marcel N ^a   Wolf Schnurrbusch, Ute ^a   Kowal, Jens ^b   Blatz, Johannes ^c   La Schiazza, Olivier ^c   Leichtle, Alexander B ^d   Wolf, Sebastian ^a   Zinkernagel, Martin S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c Heidelberg Engineering GmbH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Fluorescence lifetimes; Fundus autofluorescence; Macula; Validation studies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; MALE; MICROENVIRONMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; OPHTHALMOSCOPE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; RETINAL THICKNESS; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; TOPOGRAPHY;

FLUORESCENCE LIFETIMES; FUNDUS AUTOFLUORESCENCE; MACULA; VALIDATION STUDIES;

ADULT; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNDUS OCULI; HUMANS; MACULA LUTEA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMOSCOPES; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84898763834     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.13-13627     Document Type: Article

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