Recent advances in confocal microscopy for studying drug delivery to the eye: Concepts and pharmaceutical applications

European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 33-40

  Furrer, Pascal ^a   Gurny, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; Image processing; Laser; Ocular drug delivery; Scanning techniques

Indexed keywords

EYE DROPS; PENETRATION ENHANCING AGENT; SURFACTANT;

CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DIFFRACTION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG FORMULATION; ILLUMINATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; EYE; EYE DISEASES; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LASERS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL;

EID: 72149085180     PISSN: 09396411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpb.2009.09.002     Document Type: Review

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