In vivo confocal microscopy, an inner vision of the cornea - A major review

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 100-117

  Guthoff, Rudolf F ^a   Zhivov, Andrey ^a   Stachs, Oliver ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; Cornea; Laser scanning

Indexed keywords

MITOMYCIN C; RIBOFLAVIN;

ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; CELL INFILTRATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTACT LENS; CORNEA CELL; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA SURGERY; CORNEA ULCER; CORNEAL BIOPSY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG MEGADOSE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EPITHELIUM CELL; FILTERING OPERATION; GLAUCOMA; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INFLAMMATORY CELL; KERATITIS; KERATOCONUS; LIGHT SCATTERING; NERVE PLEXUS; NONHUMAN; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; PHOTOTHERAPY; REFRACTION ERROR; REVIEW; SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SLIT LAMP; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANIMALS; CONTACT LENSES; CORNEA; CORNEAL DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MITOMYCIN; NUCLEIC ACID SYNTHESIS INHIBITORS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRESERVATIVES, PHARMACEUTICAL; PTERYGIUM; REFRACTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 63649148290     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2009.02016.x     Document Type: Review

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