Spatial mapping of polarized light transmission in the central rabbit cornea

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 651-662

  Christens Barry, William A ^a   Green, William J ^a   Connolly, Patrick J ^b   Farrell, Richard A ^a,b   Mccally, Russell L ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

birefringence; cornea; lamellae; lamellar structure; polarized light; rabbit

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIREFRINGENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; GONIOMETRY; LIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT;

EID: 0029954226     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exer.1996.0076     Document Type: Article

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