Circular polarization biomicroscopy: A method for determining human corneal stromal lamellar organization in vivo

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 256-264

  Misson, Gary P ^a,b  

^a WARWICK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomicroscopy; Circular polarized light; Collagen lamellae; Cornea; Corneal stromal structure; Mueller matrices

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA STROMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IN VIVO STUDY; LAMELLAR BODY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; OPTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLLAGEN; CORNEA; CORNEAL STROMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, POLARIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OCULAR PHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 34247575295     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: 14751313     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-1313.2007.00482.x     Document Type: Article

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