Comparison of recording systems and analysis methods in specular microscopy

Cornea

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 416-423

  Ohno, Kenji ^a   Nelson, Leif R ^a   McLaren, Jay W ^a   Hodge, David O ^a   Bourne, William M ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell analysis; Corneal endothelium; Noncontact microscope; Reproducibility; Specular microscope

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; DEVICE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPECULAR MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0033016628     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003226-199907000-00005     Document Type: Article

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