In vivo microstructural and microvascular imaging of the human corneo-scleral limbus using optical coherence tomography

Biomedical Optics Express

Volumn 2, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 3109-3118

  Li, Peng ^a   An, Lin ^a   Reif, Roberto ^a   Shen, Tueng T ^a,b   Johnstone, Murray ^b   Wang, Ruikang K ^a,b  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROCIRCULATION; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY; PATHOLOGY; VISUALIZATION;

ANTERIOR CHAMBER; ANTERIOR SEGMENT; BIOLOGICAL COMPONENTS; CLINICAL TOOLS; CONTRAST AGENT; IN-VIVO; MICRO-ANGIOGRAPHY; MICRO-STRUCTURAL; MICROSTRUCTURAL IMAGES; MICROVASCULAR; OCULAR PATHOLOGY; OPTICAL DISTORTION; SYSTEM STRUCTURES;

BLOOD VESSELS;

EID: 84855422667     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21567085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/BOE.2.003109     Document Type: Article

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