In Vivo Confocal Microscopy of the Cornea: New Developments in Image Acquisition, Reconstruction, and Analysis Using the HRT-Rostock Corneal Module.

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Published in Ocul Surf on May 18, 2015

Authors

W Matthew Petroll1, Danielle M Robertson2

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Ophthalmology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA. Electronic address: matthew.petroll@utsouthwestern.edu.
2: Department of Ophthalmology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.

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