Directional and spectral reflectance of the rat retinal nerve fiber layer

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 639-647

  Knighton, Robert W ^a   Huang, Xiang Run ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of Miami College of Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BETA NERVE FIBER; BIREFRINGENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMAGE QUALITY; ISOLATED RETINA; LIGHT SCATTERING; NEUROFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REFLECTOMETRY; RETINA NERVE CELL; RETINA NEUROEPITHELIAL LAYER;

ANIMALS; LIGHT; NERVE FIBERS; OPTIC NERVE; RATS; RETINA; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 0033044976     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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