Noninvasive assessment of the hydration gradient across the cornea using confocal raman spectroscopy

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 831-835

  Bauer, Noël J C ^a   Wicksted, James P ^b   Jongsma, Franciscus H M ^c   March, Wayne F ^a   Hendrikse, Fred ^c   Motamedi, Massoud ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA EDEMA; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; HYDRATION; NONHUMAN; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL DRESSINGS; BODY WATER; COLLAGEN; CORNEA; FEMALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; RABBITS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN;

EID: 0031977706     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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