Glaucoma-related changes in the mechanical properties and collagen micro-architecture of the human sclera

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2015, Pages

  Coudrillier, Baptiste ^a   Pijanka, Jacek K ^b   Jefferys, Joan L ^c   Goel, Adhiraj ^d   Quigley, Harry A ^c   Boote, Craig ^b   Nguyen, Thao D ^d  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLAGEN FIBER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; OPTIC NERVE; SCLERA; VERY ELDERLY; WIDE ANGLE X RAY SCATTERING; X RAY ANALYSIS; ALGORITHM; CHEMISTRY; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION SCATTERING; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYNCHROTRON; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

FIBRILLAR COLLAGEN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; FIBRILLAR COLLAGENS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LINEAR MODELS; OPTIC NERVE; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SCLERA; SYNCHROTRONS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84941361755     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0131396     Document Type: Article

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