Epithelial and corneal thickness measurements by in vivo confocal microscopy through focusing (CMTF)

Current Eye Research

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 214-221

  Li, Hong Fang ^a   Petroll, W Matthew ^a   Møller Pedersen, Torben ^b   Maurer, James K ^c   Cavanagh, H Dwight ^a   Jester, James V ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; Cornea; Corneal epithelium; Corneal stroma; Image analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BOWMAN MEMBRANE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CORNEA CELL; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA STROMA; CORNEA THICKNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CORNEA; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; RABBITS;

EID: 0030890438     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/ceyr.16.3.214.15412     Document Type: Article

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