Phase-Contrast Micro-Computed Tomography Measurements of the Intraocular Pressure-Induced Deformation of the Porcine Lamina Cribrosa

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 988-999

  Coudrillier, Baptiste ^a   Geraldes, Diogo M ^b   Vo, Nghia T ^c   Atwood, Robert ^c   Reinhard, Christina ^c   Campbell, Ian C ^a,d   Raji, Yazdan ^a   Albon, Julie ^e   Abel, Richard L ^b   Ethier, C Ross ^a,d  

^a Emory University   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE LTD   (United Kingdom)

^d ATLANTA VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; strain measurements; x ray tomography

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; BIOPHYSICS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DEFORMATION; IMAGE RESOLUTION; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; STRAIN; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; TOMOGRAPHY;

DIGITAL VOLUME CORRELATIONS; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; HIGH-RESOLUTION MEASUREMENTS; HIGH-RESOLUTION METHODS; MICROCOMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL DEFORMATIONS; TRABECULAR ARCHITECTURE; X-RAY TOMOGRAPHY;

STRAIN MEASUREMENT;

AVERAGING; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BIOMECHANICS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PIG; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; ANIMAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EYE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; EYE; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; SWINE; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84963811740     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: 1558254X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMI.2015.2504440     Document Type: Article

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