Refractive index of lens fiber membranes in different parts of the crystalline lens

Proceedings of SPIE-The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4611, Issue , 2002, Pages 159-164

  Michael, Ralph ^a   Van Marle, Jan ^b   Vrensen, Gijs F J ^c   Van Den Berg, Thomas J T ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cataract; Crystalline lens; Cytoplasm; Human; Immersion refractometry; Light scattering; Membranes; Proteins; Refractive index; Transparency

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; LIGHT SCATTERING; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; PROTEINS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

NUCLEAR FIBER MEMBRANES; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY;

LENSES;

EID: 0036401177     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.470590     Document Type: Article

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