An evaluation of the Confoscan3 for corneal endothelial morphology analysis

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 84, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 888-895

  Sheng, Huan ^a,b   Parker, Emily J ^a   Bullimore, Mark A ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Contact lenses; Corneal endothelium; Pleomorphism; Polmegethism

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTACT LENSES; IMAGE PROCESSING; VISION;

KONAN IMAGES; POLYMEGETHISM;

MORPHOLOGY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AUTOMATION; CELL COUNT; CELL SHAPE; CELL SIZE; CONTACT LENSES; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LENSES; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; SOFTWARE;

EID: 34548677269     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OPX.0b013e3181559c01     Document Type: Article

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