Quantitative mapping of collagen fiber orientation in non-glaucoma and glaucoma posterior human sclerae

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 5258-5270

  Pijanka, Jacek K ^a   Coudrillier, Baptiste ^b   Ziegler, Kimberly ^b   Sorensen, Thomas ^c   Meek, Keith M ^a   Nguyen, Thao D ^b   Quigley, Harry A ^d   Boote, Craig ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^c DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE LTD   (United Kingdom)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBER; COLLAGEN;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; MULTIPHOTON MICROSCOPY; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; X RAY; AGED; CADAVER; CORNEA; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RADIATION SCATTERING; SCLERA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CADAVER; COLLAGEN; CORNEA; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE, MULTIPHOTON; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC NERVE; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SCLERA;

EID: 84867883041     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.12-9705     Document Type: Article

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