Irreversible optical clearing of sclera by dehydration and cross-linking

Biomaterials

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1080-1090

  Tanaka, Yuji ^a,b   Kubota, Akira ^a   Yamato, Masayuki ^b   Okano, Teruo ^b   Nishida, Kohji ^a,c  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Collagen structure; Cornea; Cross linking; Sclera; Soft tissue biomechanics; Transparency

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CROSS-LINKING; COLLAGEN STRUCTURE; CORNEA; CORNEAL EPITHELIUM; COVER GLASS; CRITICAL POINTS; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; DEHYDRATION PROCESS; HIGH TRANSPARENCY; IN-VITRO; LOW TEMPERATURES; MICROSCOPIC STRUCTURES; OPTICAL CLEARING; OPTICAL FUNCTION; SCLERA; SOFT TISSUE BIOMECHANICS; TISSUE STRUCTURE; TISSUE SURFACE; WET CONDITIONS;

BIOMECHANICS; COLLAGEN; CROSSLINKING; DEHYDRATION; DEWATERING; TENSILE STRENGTH; TISSUE; TRANSPARENCY;

LIGHT TRANSMISSION;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CROSS LINKING; DEHYDRATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIGHT SCATTERING; LOW TEMPERATURE; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL CLEARING; OPTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SCLERA; TENSILE STRENGTH; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CORNEA; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; DEHYDRATION; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; LIGHT; RABBITS; SCLERA; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 78649443361     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2010.10.002     Document Type: Article

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