UV collagen cross-linking of the cornea - Safety aspects and design of a UV illumination system

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 6844, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Bueeler, M ^a   Spoerl, E ^b   Seiler, T ^a   Mrochen, M ^a  

^a IROC AG   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; CROSSLINKING; DISEASE CONTROL; TISSUE; TRANSPLANTATION (SURGICAL);

CORNEAL DISEASE; INVASIVE CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; UV ILLUMINATION SYSTEMS;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS;

EID: 43949088855     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.764769     Document Type: Conference Paper

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