Determination of corneal gel dynamics

European Biophysics Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 357-368

  Matsuura, Toyoaki ^a,b   Gorti, Sridhar ^a,c   Tanaka, Toyoichi ^a   Hara, Yoshiaki ^b   Saishin, Mototsugu ^b  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cornea; Gel; Light scattering; Phase transition

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CORNEA CELL; CORNEA OPACITY; CORNEA STROMA; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; GEL; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LIGHT SCATTERING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PHASE TRANSITION; PROTEIN BINDING;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CORNEA; DIFFUSION; GELS; LASERS; LIGHT; MICROSCOPY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0033034636     PISSN: 01757571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002490050220     Document Type: Article

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