Comparison of human central cornea and limbus in vivo using optical coherence tomography

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 416-419

  Feng, Yunwei ^a   Simpson, Trefford L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cornea; Corneal thickness; Epithelial thickness; Limbus; Optical coherence tomography

Indexed keywords

COHERENT LIGHT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; OPTOMETERS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

CORNEAL IMAGES; EPITHELIAL THICKNESS; HUMAN LIMBAL MORPHOMETRY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHER (OCT);

TOMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA LIMBUS; CORNEA THICKNESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; CORNEA; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIMBUS CORNEAE; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 18644366531     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.OPX.0000162649.97059.72     Document Type: Article

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