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In vivo pachymetry in normal eyes of rats, mice and rabbits with the optical low coherence reflectometer
- Source :
- Vision Research. 43:723-728
- Publication Year :
- 2003
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2003.
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Abstract
- The aim of this study was to determine the central corneal thickness (CCT) in living rats, mice and rabbits using a non-contact, high-speed optical low coherence reflectometer (OLCR) mounted on a regular slit lamp. Both eyes of eight male Wistar rats, eight male balb-c mice and eight male Japanese rabbits were measured. Each eye was measured twice (one measurement consists of 20 scans), the average calculated. Additionally, CCT was measured in rabbits using an ultrasound pachymeter. The mean CCT was: RATS: 159.08 microm (SD+/-14.99 microm), MICE: 106.0 microm (SD+/-3.45 microm) and RABBITS: 356.11 microm (SD+/-14.34 microm). With the use of OLCR we were able to accurately measure the CCT of rats, mice and rabbits in vivo. This technique may prove useful in further refractive, pharmacological and glaucoma studies.
- Subjects :
- Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Biometry
Mouse
genetic structures
Glaucoma
Rabbit
Cornea
Mice
Optics
Optical low coherence reflectometer (OLCR)
In vivo
Ophthalmology
medicine
Animals
Rats, Wistar
Ultrasonography
Mice, Inbred BALB C
Slit lamp
Lagomorpha
biology
business.industry
Ultrasound
Reproducibility of Results
medicine.disease
biology.organism_classification
eye diseases
Sensory Systems
Rats
Corneal thickness
Interferometry
medicine.anatomical_structure
Rat
Rabbits
sense organs
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 00426989
- Volume :
- 43
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Vision Research
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....d60c24748b27dde82ce49aa89164f4c7