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Light transmission of the cornea in whole human eyes

Beems, Eva M., Van Best, Jaap A.·1990·Experimental Eye Research
DOI 10.1016/0014-4835(90)90140-p
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The transmission of the cornea for light in the wavelength range 450-1000 nm was measured in steps of 50 nm by means of a photodiode implanted into the anterior chamber of whole human donor eyes. In the range from 450 nm up to 600 nm the percentage transmission was found to increase with wavelength from 80% up to 94%. In the range from 60 nm up to 1000 nm the percentage transmission was between 95% and 98%. The corneal transmission for donors younger than 45 yr (n = 3, 22-43 yr) did not differ significantly from that of donors older than 45 yr (n = 5, 67-87 yr) at any wavelength.

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  • Between 600 nm and 1000 nm, transmission values above 95% were recorded in the human cornea.

    “but, unlike Boettner and Wolter (1962), between 600 nm and 1000 nm, transmission values above 95% were recorded.”

    From Corneal structure and transparency (2015) · cites this paper as Beems and Van Best, 1990

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Authors
Beems, E. M., & Van Best, J. A.
Affiliations
Leiden University Medical Center (NL)
Venue
Experimental Eye Research
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
1990-04
Volume
50
Issue
4
Pages
393-395
ISSN
0014-4835 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/0014-4835(90)90140-p
OpenAlex
W2083294787
Cited by
108
References
0
Citations by year
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FWCI
0.44
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations
  • Experimental Eye Research (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging › Corneal surgery and disorders
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Ophthalmology › Ocular and Laser Science Research
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies
Keywords
cornea, human donor eyes, wavelength dependence, UV transmission, age effects, anterior chamber
MeSH terms
Adult, Age Factors, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Cornea, Humans, Light, Middle Aged, Spectrophotometry, Optics and Photonics

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