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FIGURE 7.12 (a) Pseudo-color-scaled, three-dimensional MP RRI images obtained from
four healthy subjects, demonstrating signifi cant intersubject variations in MP levels,
symmetries, and spatial extent. Note ring-like MP distribution with small central MP
peak and overall low levels in one of the cases (lower left). All images are color coded
with the same intensity bar. (b) Intensity plot profi les derived for each MP distribution
from pixel intensity maps (22 × 1400 μm rectangles) running along nasal-temporal
meridians through the center of the macula. (Reprinted with permission from Ref. 24.)