Validation of confocal microscopy through focusing for corneal sublayer pachymetry

Cornea

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 700-704

  Ivarsen, Anders ^a   Stultiens, Bertho A T ^a   Møller Pedersen, Torben ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Biometry; Calibration; Confocal microscopy; Corneal epithelium; Corneal stroma

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; CALIBRATION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTACT LENS; CORNEA; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; DEVICE; EVALUATION; MEASUREMENT; MOTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; THICKNESS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AIR; ANIMALS; BIOMETRY; CONTACT LENSES; CORNEA; DEHYDRATION; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE; RABBITS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036785757     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003226-200210000-00013     Document Type: Article

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