Three-dimensional distribution of transverse collagen fibers in the anterior human corneal stroma

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 7293-7301

  Winkler, Moritz ^a   Shoa, Golroxan ^a   Xie, Yilu ^b   Petsche, Steven J ^c   Pinsky, Peter M ^c   Juhasz, Tibor ^a,b   Brown, Donald J ^b   Jester, James V ^a,b  

^a University of California at Irvine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Collagen fiber organization; Cornea; Corneal collagen; Second harmonic generation imaging

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORNEA CURVATURE; CORNEA STROMA; CORNEA THICKNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LASER MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BIOMECHANICS; COLLAGEN FIBER ORGANIZATION; CORNEA; CORNEAL COLLAGEN; SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION IMAGING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUTOPSY; COLLAGEN; CORNEAL STROMA; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84887079400     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.13-13150     Document Type: Article

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