@inproceedings{8e1d2f1707994f86a342c292f0236700,
title = "First in-vivo studies of presbyopia treatment with ultrashort laserpulses",
abstract = "The most probable reason for presbyopia, the age-related loss of the accomodation-ability of the eye, is an agerelated loss of the elasticity of the lens. To increase the elasticity, resp. regain elasticity we performed different fs-laser-induced cuts with an near-infrared 5 kHz femtosecond laser inside ex-vivo and in-vivo rabbit lenses. Sagittal and annulus cutting patterns in the lens were produced by focusing the laser beam through the cornea inside the lens and creating a laser induced optical breakdown. The cutting results were recorded with light microscopy and finally, after euthanization, changes in the optical fibers of the lens tissue were described.",
keywords = "Femtosecond Laser, Ophthalmology, Presbyopia, Ultrafast Laser",
author = "T. Ripken and A. Heisterkamp and U. Oberheide and Krueger, {R. R.} and E. Luetkefels and W. Drommer and W. Ertmer and H. Lubatschowski",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2003 SPIE-OSA.; European Conference on Biomedical Optics, ECBO 2003 ; Conference date: 22-06-2003",
year = "2003",
language = "English (US)",
series = "Optics InfoBase Conference Papers",
publisher = "Optica Publishing Group (formerly OSA)",
pages = "137--145",
booktitle = "European Conference on Biomedical Optics, ECBO 2003",
}