Imaging of birefringent properties of keratoconus corneas hy polarization-sensitive optical coherence tomography

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 3551-3558

  Götzinger, Erich ^a   Pircher, Michael ^a   Dejaco Ruhswurm, Irene ^a   Kaminski, Stephan ^a   Skorpik, Christian ^a   Hitzenberger, Christoph K ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIREFRINGENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KERATOCONUS; MALE; MEASUREMENT; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CORNEA; EYEBANK; IN VITRO STUDY; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; BIREFRINGENCE; CORNEA; EYE BANKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; LIGHT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 34648846568     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.06-0727     Document Type: Article

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