3D collagen orientation study of the human cornea using X-ray diffraction and femtosecond laser technology

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 5159-5164

  Abahussin, Mohammad ^a,b   Hayes, Sally ^a   Cartwright, Nathaniel E Knox ^c   Kamma Lorger, Christina S ^a   Khan, Yasir ^c   Marshall, John ^c   Meek, Keith M ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRILLAR COLLAGEN;

ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; CORNEA STROMA; FEMTOSECOND LASER TECHNOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THICKNESS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CORNEA; FIBRILLAR COLLAGENS; HUMANS; LASERS; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 76749112649     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.09-3669     Document Type: Article

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