Analysis of nuclear fiber cell cytoplasmic texture in advanced cataractous lenses from Indian subjects using Debye-Bueche theory

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 434-444

  Metlapally, S ^a   Costello, M J ^a   Gilliland, K O ^a   Ramamurthy, B ^b   Krishna, P V ^b   Balasubramanian, D ^b   Johnsen, S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b L V PRASAD EYE INSTITUTE   (India)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

aged; cataract; cytoplasm; electron microscopy; Fourier analysis; humans; lens nucleus; scattering

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INDIAN; LENS; LIGHT SCATTERING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CATARACT; CYTOPLASM; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LENS NUCLEUS, CRYSTALLINE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RATS; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 39149129625     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2007.11.018     Document Type: Article

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