title: Quantitative photoacoustic spectroscopy of cataractous human lenses.
abstract: Quantitative photoacoustic spectra of the nuclei of cataractous human lenses with various degrees of colouration and opacification were measured in the spectral range 250-600 nm. The lens nuclei were obtained from 20 cataractous patients through extracapsular cataract extraction. These measurements yield the light loss per unit path length in the nucleus of cataractous lenses.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Universitá di Napoli, Italy.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Bernini
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Reccia
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Russo
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Scala
mesh_terms: D000162:Acoustics; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002386:Cataract / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007907:Lens Nucleus, Crystalline / Q000032:analysis* / Q000528:radiation effects; D007908:Lens, Crystalline / Q000032:analysis*; D008027:Light; D008875:Middle Aged; D010777:Photochemistry; D010860:Pigments, Biological / Q000032:analysis; D012542:Scattering, Radiation; D013053:Spectrophotometry / Q000379:methods*; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays
chemical_list: D010860:Pigments, Biological