Raman detection of pigments in the human retina

M. D. Yoshida; W. Gellermann; R. McClane; N. Balashov; P. S. Bernstein

Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics
OSA Technical Digest (Optica Publishing Group, 1997),
paper CWP1

Raman detection of pigments in the human retina

M. D. Yoshida, W. Gellermann, R. McClane, N. Balashov, and P. S. Bernstein

Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics 1997

Baltimore, Maryland United States
18–23 May 1997
ISBN: 1-55752-498-8

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M. D. Yoshida, W. Gellermann, R. McClane, N. Balashov, and P. S. Bernstein, "Raman detection of pigments in the human retina," in Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, D. Killinger, G. Valley, C. Chang-Hasnain, and W. Knox, eds., Vol. 11 of OSA Technical Digest (Optica Publishing Group, 1997), paper CWP1.

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Abstract

Of the approximately 10 carotenoid pigments found in normal human serum, the species lutein and zeaxanthin are concentrated in high amounts in the cells of the human macula, which is a ~ 5 mm diameter area of the retina in which the visual acuity is highest.

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