Significant differences between specular microscopy and corneal bank endothelial cell counts - a pilot study.

Annekatrin RickmannKatrin E BodenSilke WahlSascha JungKarl Thomas BodenPeter SzurmanKai Januschowski

Published in: Acta ophthalmologica (2019)

This preclinical pilot study confirmed a significant higher ECD using transmitted light microscopy in organ culture compared to clinical specular microscopy. This indicates that the early rapid decrease of EC universally observed after surgery might be partly artefactual.

Keyphrases

single molecule
optical coherence tomography
high resolution
high speed
high throughput
label free
endothelial cells
stem cells
bone marrow
quantum dots