Keratocyte density and size in conscious humans by digital image analysis of confocal images

Eye (Basingstoke)

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 337-342

  Prydal, J I ^a   Franc, F ^b   Dilly, P N ^c   Muir, M G Kerr ^a   Corbett, M C ^a   Marshall, J ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

^c ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BOWMAN MEMBRANE; CELL DENSITY; CELL SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA CELL; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA INJURY; CORNEA STROMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OPTICAL RESOLUTION;

EID: 0031852004     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.1998.82     Document Type: Article

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