In vivo pachymetry in normal eyes of rats, mice and rabbits with the optical low coherence reflectometer

Vision Research

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 723-728

  Schulz, Dominic ^a   Iliev, Milko E ^a   Frueh, Beatrice E ^a   Goldblum, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cornea; Corneal thickness; Mouse; Optical low coherence reflectometer (OLCR); Rabbit; Rat

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; EYE; GLAUCOMA; IN VITRO STUDY; MEASUREMENT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RAT; REFLECTOMETRY;

EID: 0037373403     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(03)00005-1     Document Type: Article

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