Biomechanical properties of human corneas following low- and high-intensity collagen cross-linking determined with scanning acoustic microscopy

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 5273-5280

  Radhakrishnan, Hema ^a   Beshtawi, Ithar M ^a   Akhtar, Riaz ^b   Chantal Hillarby, M ^a   O'Donnell, Clare ^c   Zhao, Xuegen ^a   Brahma, Arun ^d   Carley, Fiona ^d   Derby, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c Optegra Eye Sciences UK Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^d MANCHESTER ROYAL EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Collagen cross linking; Cornea; Riboflavin; Scanning acoustic microscopy (SAM); UVA

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; RIBOFLAVIN;

ACOUSTIC MICROSCOPY; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; ULTRASOUND; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION;

BIOMECHANICS; COLLAGEN CROSS-LINKING; CORNEA; RIBOFLAVIN; SCANNING ACOUSTIC MICROSCOPY (SAM); UVA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLLAGEN; CORNEA; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ACOUSTIC; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 84881525414     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.13-12576     Document Type: Article

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