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Clinical microscopy of the cornea utilizing optical sectioning and a high-numerical-aperture objective

C J Koester1, J D Auran, H D Rosskothen

  • 1Department of Ophthalmology, Columbia University, New York, New York 10032.

Journal of the Optical Society of America. A, Optics and Image Science
|July 1, 1993
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