Polarization properties of the in vitro old human crystalline lens

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 109-118

  Bueno, Juan M ^a,b   Campbell, Melanie C W ^b  

^a LABORATORIO DE ÓPTICA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Birefringence; Crystalline lens; Depolarization; Mueller matrix; Retardation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIREFRINGENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; IN VITRO STUDY; LENS; POLARIMETRY; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; LASER; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGED; BIREFRINGENCE; HUMANS; LASERS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0038313088     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1475-1313.2003.00095.x     Document Type: Article

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