In vivo confocal raman spectroscopy of the human cornea

Cornea

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 483-488

  Bauer, Noël J C ^a,b   Hendrikse, Fred ^b   March, Wayne F ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Confocal; Cornea; Corneal hydration; Human; Raman spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA THICKNESS; DATA ANALYSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDRATION; IN VIVO STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION SCATTERING; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

EID: 0033018293     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003226-199907000-00015     Document Type: Article

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