Wide-range calibration of corneal backscatter analysis by in vivo confocal microscopy

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 2136-2146

  Hillenaar, Toine ^a,b   Sicam, Victor Arni D P ^a   Vermeer, Koenraad A ^a   Braaf, Boy ^a   Remeijer, Lies ^a,b   Cals, Roger H H ^b   de Boer, Johannes F ^a,c  

^a Rotterdam Ophthalmic Institute   (Netherlands)

^b ROTTERDAM EYE HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPOLYMER; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); STYRENE DIVINYLBENZENE COPOLYMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEAL BACKSCATTER; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IN VIVO CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; LIGHT SCATTERING; MICROSCOPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CALIBRATION; CORNEA; HUMANS; LIGHT; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; STYRENE; VINYL COMPOUNDS;

EID: 79956000626     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.10-6314     Document Type: Article

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