Computer-Synthesis of an Interference Color Chart of Human Tear Lipid Layer, by a Colorimetric Approach

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 4693-4697

  Goto, Eiki ^a,b,c   Dogru, Murat ^a   Kojima, Takashi ^a,d   Tsubota, Kazuo ^a,b  

^a TOKYO DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Tokyo Dry Eye Center   (Japan)

^d CHUKYO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CAMERA; COLOR; COLOR VISION; COLORIMETRY; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRY EYE; FILM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LACRIMATION; LIPID MONOLAYER; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEIBOMIAN GLAND; PHENOMENOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLECTOMETRY; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; TEAR FILM; THICKNESS; VISION;

ADULT; AGED; COLORIMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPIDS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MICROSCOPY, INTERFERENCE; PHOTOGRAPHY; TEARS;

EID: 0142200854     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.03-0260     Document Type: Article

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