3-DIMENSIONAL RECONSTRUCTION OF THE RABBIT CORNEA BY CONFOCAL SCANNING OPTICAL MICROSCOPY AND VOLUME RENDERING

被引:24
作者
MASTERS, BR [1 ]
PADDOCK, SW [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV WISCONSIN,MADISON,WI 53706
来源
APPLIED OPTICS | 1990年 / 29卷 / 26期
关键词
3-D reconstruction; Confocal microscopy; Cornea; Volume rendering;
D O I
10.1364/AO.29.003816
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
The 3-D reconstruction of the central optical zone of the rabbit cornea in an enucleated eye was accomplished. The confocal laser scanning reflected light microscope was used to obtain 3-μm optical serial sections from which the reconstruction was made by computer graphics methods (volume rendering). This volume reconstruction of a living, semitransparent, 400-μm thick, low contrast optical element in the eye presents a new method to visualize the cornea in three dimensions. © 1990 Optical Society of America.
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页码:3816 / 3822
页数:7
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