Interferometric imaging of the full thickness of the precorneal tear film

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2097-2104

  King Smith, P Ewen ^a   Fink, Barbara A ^a   Nichols, Jason J ^a   Nichols, Kelly K ^a   Hill, Richard M ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; INTERFEROMETRY; LIGHT INTERFERENCE; LIGHTING;

BROADBAND SPECTRAL ILLUMINATION; INTERFEROMETRIC IMAGING; NARROWBAND ILLUMINATION; PRECORNEAL TEAR FILM;

IMAGE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CYTOLOGY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERFEROMETRY; KERATOMETRY; LACRIMAL FLUID; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTERFEROMETRY; MALE; TEARS;

EID: 33750143890     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.23.002097     Document Type: Article

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