Epidemiology of Major Cornea and External Diseases
Epidemiology of Major Cornea and External Diseases Debra A. Schaumberg Matthew Gardiner Oliver D. Schein The epidemiology of cornea and external eye disease is a very broad topic because there…
Clinical Specular Microscopy
Clinical Specular Microscopy H. Dwight Cavanagh Patrick M. Ladage W. Matthew Petroll James V. Jester BACKGROUND The corneal endothelium plays a critical role in the maintenance of overall corneal transparency…
Clinical Confocal Microscopy
Clinical Confocal Microscopy H. Dwight Cavanagh Patrick M. Ladage W. Matthew Petroll James V. Jester BACKGROUND The basic concept of confocal microscopy is derived from a clinical need to look…
Corneal Topography
Corneal Topography Christopher B. Courville Stephen D. Klyce Corneal surface topography plays a critical role in the performance of the visual system, accounting for two thirds of the eye’s total…
Slit-Lamp Biomicroscopy and Photography
Slit-Lamp Biomicroscopy and Photography Mark P. Hatton Lawrence M. Merin Slit-lamp biomicroscopy of the anterior segment provides the ability to view an illuminated tissue under high magnification. It is not…
Keratometry
Keratometry Michael K. Smolek Stephen D. Klyce Keratometry is the optical process of determining the curvature of the central cornea. Typically, keratometry is expressed as dioptric power (D) or as…
Corneal Pachymetry
Corneal Pachymetry Joseph J. K. Ma Anthony P. Adamis The term pachymetry is a contraction of two Greek words, pachos (“thick”) and metry (“measure”). Traditionally, the primary role of pachymetry…
Corneal Angiogenesis
Corneal Angiogenesis Joseph J. K. Ma Anthony P. Adamis Angiogenesis is defined as the formation of new vessels from vascular endothelial cells derived from existing blood vessels. Aside from female…
Morphology and Pathologic Response in Corneal and Conjunctival Disease
Morphology and Pathologic Response in Corneal and Conjunctival Disease Kenneth R. Kenyon Emiliano Ghinelli Henrique V. Chaves The cornea is composed of relatively few components and includes three different cell…
Basic Immunology
Basic Immunology C. Stephen Foster Wayne J. Streilein CELLS OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM The cellular components of the immune system include lymphocytes, macrophages, Langerhans cells, neutrophils, eosinophils, basophils and mast…
