Remote-Controlled scanning and automated confocal microscopy through focusing using a modified HRT rostock corneal module

Eye and Contact Lens

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 302-308

  Petroll, W Matthew ^a,b   Cavanagh, H Dwight ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

3 D Reconstruction; Confocal microscopy; Cornea; Imaging

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROL SYSTEM; CORNEA; EYE EXAMINATION; HEIDELBERG RETINA TOMOGRAPH ROSTOCK CORNEA MODULE; HUMAN; MICROSCOPE; MICROSCOPE IMAGE; ONLINE SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AUTOMATION; CORNEA; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; SOFTWARE;

EID: 74249095907     PISSN: 15422321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICL.0b013e3181bdc435     Document Type: Article

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