Image reconstruction of the subbasal nerve plexus with in vivo confocal microscopy

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 5022-5028

  Allgeier, Stephan ^a   Zhivov, Andrey ^b   Eberle, Franz ^a   Koehler, Bernd ^a   Maier, Susanne ^a   Bretthauer, Georg ^a   Guthoff, Rudolf F ^b   Stachs, Oliver ^b  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BOWMAN MEMBRANE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CORNEA STROMA; CORNEAL SUBBASAL NERVE PLEXUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MALE; NERVE PLEXUS; NORMAL HUMAN; OPTIC NERVE FIBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLIT LAMP; ALGORITHM; ARTIFACT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; HISTOLOGY; INNERVATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE FIBER; OPHTHALMIC NERVE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; BOWMAN MEMBRANE; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; NERVE NET; OPHTHALMIC NERVE;

EID: 80054790225     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.10-6065     Document Type: Article

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