Tear film images and breakup analyzed using fluorescent quenching

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 6003-6011

  King Smith, P Ewen ^a   Ramamoorthy, Padmapriya ^a   Braun, Richard J ^b   Nichols, Jason J ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Breakup; Evaporation; Fluorescence; Quenching; Tangential flow

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAMPIMETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRY EYE; EVAPORATION; EYELID MOVEMENT; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; INCIDENCE; LIGHT INTENSITY; MALE; PHOTOCHEMICAL QUENCHING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEAR FILM; VIDEORECORDING;

BREAKUP; EVAPORATION; FLUORESCENCE; QUENCHING; TANGENTIAL FLOW;

BLINKING; CORNEA; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; INTERFEROMETRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TEARS; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84883624435     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.13-12628     Document Type: Article

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