Evaluation of the corneal endothelium using noncontact and contact specular microscopy

Cornea

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 567-570

  Szalai, Eszter ^a   Németh, Gábor ^a   Berta, András ^a   Módis, László ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

Author keywords

agreement; corneal endothelium; specular microscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EVALUATION; EYE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MICROSCOPE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECULAR MICROSCOPY;

CELL COUNT; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 79955052782     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: 15364798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e3182000807     Document Type: Article

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