In vivo measurement of the human crystalline lens equivalent refractive index using extended-depth OCT

Yu-Cherng Chang1,2, Gabrielle Monterano Mesquita1,2, Siobhan Williams1,2

  • 1Ophthalmic Biophysics Center, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA.

Biomedical Optics Express
|February 26, 2019
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