Observation of the retina using the tandem scanning confocal microscope

Scanning

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 362-366

  Mathers, William ^a   Littlefield, Timothy ^b   Lakes, Roderic ^b   Lane, James A ^a   Daley, Thomas E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b University of Iowa   (United States)

Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; Nerve fiber layer; Retina

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CORNEA; IMAGE PROCESSING; LIGHT SCATTERING; NONHUMAN; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RETINA; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; OPTIC NERVE; RABBITS; RETINA;

EID: 0030317571     PISSN: 01610457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sca.1996.4950180507     Document Type: Article

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