An integrated model of the human cornea as a linear biaxial birefringent medium.
Journal
Scientific reports
ISSN: 2045-2322
Titre abrégé: Sci Rep
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101563288
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
01 Mar 2024
01 Mar 2024
Historique:
received:
10
11
2023
accepted:
27
02
2024
medline:
2
3
2024
pubmed:
2
3
2024
entrez:
1
3
2024
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
A novel model of human corneal birefringence is presented. The cornea is treated as a homogeneous biaxial linear birefringent medium in which the values of the binormal axes angle and organization of the main refractive indices vary continuously from the apex to the limbus. In its central part, the angle between binormal axes is 35°, and para centrally, it smoothly increases to 83.7°. The values of the main refractive indices (n
Identifiants
pubmed: 38429419
doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-55800-4
pii: 10.1038/s41598-024-55800-4
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
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Pagination
5077Informations de copyright
© 2024. The Author(s).
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