Estimating normal optic nerve axon numbers in non-human primate eyes

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 301-306

  Cull, Grant ^a   Cioffi, George A ^a   Dong, Jin ^a   Homer, Louis ^b   Wang, Lin ^a  

^a DEVERS EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b LEGACY RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Axon; Imaging system; Monkey; Optic nerve; Sampling

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CELL COUNT; FEMALE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY;

ANATOMY, CROSS-SECTIONAL; ANIMALS; AXONS; EYE; FEMALE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MACACA MULATTA; OPTIC NERVE;

EID: 0141540751     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00061198-200308000-00003     Document Type: Article

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