History of Corneal Cross-Linking

F Hafezi, S Kling, NL Hafezi, ME Aydemir, NJ Lu… - Progress in Retinal and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Corneal cross-linking (CXL) has profoundly changed the management of keratoconus and
other ectatic corneal diseases. Introduced in the late 1990s, CXL marked the first effective …

Label‐Free Assessment of Key Biological Autofluorophores: Material Characteristics and Opportunities for Clinical Applications

JM Campbell, M Gosnell, A Agha, S Handley… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Autofluorophores are endogenous fluorescent compounds that naturally occur in the intra
and extracellular spaces of all tissues and organs. Most have vital biological functions–like …

Monitoring changes in biochemical and biomechanical properties of collagenous tissues using label-free and nondestructive optical imaging techniques

TA Shaik, JL Lagarto, E Baria, M Goktas… - Analytical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
We demonstrate the ability of nondestructive optical imaging techniques such as second-
harmonic generation (SHG), two-photon fluorescence (TPF), fluorescence lifetime imaging …

Two‐photon collagen crosslinking in ex vivo human corneal lenticules induced by near‐infrared femtosecond laser

Z Cheng, N Zhang, L Chang, P Qi… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Myopia and keratoconus have become common corneal diseases that threaten the quality of
human vision, and keratoconus is one of the most common indications for corneal …

A unique and biocompatible corneal collagen crosslinking in vivo

A Gulzar, HN Kaleli, GD Köseoğlu, M Hasanreisoğlu… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Corneal crosslinking (CXL) is a widely applied technique to halt the progression of ectatic
diseases through increasing the thickness and mechanical stiffness of the cornea. This study …

Collagen crosslinking-induced corneal morphological changes: a three-dimensional light sheet Microscopy-based evaluation

A Stoecker, D Pinkert-Leetsch, T Koch, R Ackermann… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Stiffness-related eye diseases such as keratoconus require comprehensive visualization of
the complex morphological matrix changes. The aim of this study was to use three …

Collagen organization, polarization sensitivity and image quality in human corneas using second harmonic generation microscopy

JM Bueno, RM Martínez-Ojeda, I Yago, FJ Ávila - Photonics, 2022 - mdpi.com
In this paper, a Second-Harmonic-Generation (SHG) microscope was used to study the
relationship between collagen structural arrangement, image quality and polarization …

Two-photon imaging for non-invasive corneal examination

A Batista, P Guimarães, JP Domingues, MJ Quadrado… - Sensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
Two-photon imaging (TPI) microscopy, namely, two-photon excited fluorescence (TPEF),
fluorescence lifetime imaging (FLIM), and second-harmonic generation (SHG) modalities …

Mueller matrix-based approach for the ex vivo detection of riboflavin-treated transparent biotissue

L Jütte, G Sharma, D Fricke, M Franke, M Wollweber… - Applied Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Corneal collagen cross-linking is an established procedure for the treatment of certain eye
diseases which is applied to enhance the mechanical stability of such biotissue without …

Structural changes in the crystalline lens as a function of the postmortem interval assessed with two-photon imaging microscopy

RM Martínez-Ojeda, G Prieto-Bonete… - Biomedical Optics …, 2024 - opg.optica.org
The properties and structure of the crystalline lens change as time after death passes. Some
experiments have suggested that these might be used to estimate the postmortem interval …