Three-dimensional microscopic tomographic imaging of the cataract in a human lens in vivo

Optics Express

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 332-338

  Masters, B R ^a  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LENSES; LIGHT SCATTERING; OPACITY; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; REFRACTION; VISUALIZATION;

CATARACTS; LENS FIBER CELLS; SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPE; TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGING;

EYE MOVEMENTS;

EID: 0000601116     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.3.000332     Document Type: Article

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