Evaluation of repeatability for the automatic estimation of endothelial cell density in donor corneas

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 91, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1213-1215

  Ruggeri, Alfredo ^a   Grisan, Enrico ^a   Schroeter, Jan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; EYEBANK; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMAGING SYSTEM; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPEAT PROCEDURE;

CELL COUNT; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; EYE BANKS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 34548311748     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2006.112763     Document Type: Article

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