Fundus autofluorescence imaging in dry AMD: 2014 jules gonin lecture of the retina research foundation

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 253, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 7-16

  Holz, Frank G ^a   Steinberg, Julia S ^a   Göbel, Arno ^a   Fleckenstein, Monika ^a   Schmitz Valckenberg, Steffen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Age relatedmacular degeneration; Drusen; Foveal sparing; Fundus autofluorescence; Geographic atrophy; Image analysis; Reticular drusen; Scanning laser ophthalmoscopy

Indexed keywords

MELANIN; VISUAL PIGMENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; LIPOFUSCIN;

AGE RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION; ARTICLE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE IMAGING; DENSITY; DISEASE COURSE; EPITHELIUM CELL; EYE FUNDUS; FUNDUS AUTOFLUORESCENCE IMAGING; GEOGRAPHIC ATROPHY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MONITORING; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; METABOLISM; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PROCEDURES; RETINAL DRUSEN;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; GEOGRAPHIC ATROPHY; HUMANS; LIPOFUSCIN; OPTICAL IMAGING; RETINAL DRUSEN; RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM;

EID: 84926654883     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: 1435702X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-014-2858-1     Document Type: Article

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