A review of structural and biomechanical changes in the cornea in aging, disease, and photochemical crosslinking

BJ Blackburn, MW Jenkins, AM Rollins… - … in bioengineering and …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The study of corneal biomechanics is motivated by the tight relationship between
biomechanical properties and visual function within the ocular system. For instance …

Biomechanics and structure of the cornea: implications and association with corneal disorders

J Ma, Y Wang, P Wei, V Jhanji - Survey of ophthalmology, 2018 - Elsevier
Recent studies have shown that alterations in corneal biomechanical properties are
associated with corneal pathologies, particularly corneal ectasia. Moreover, these …

Biomechanical responses of healthy and keratoconic corneas measured using a noncontact scheimpflug-based tonometer

NQ Ali, DV Patel, CNJ McGhee - … ophthalmology & visual …, 2014 - iovs.arvojournals.org
Purpose.: To examine the repeatability of measurements obtained using a noncontact
Scheimpflug-based tonometer (Corvis ST) and investigate potential differences in these …

Compliance profile of the human cornea as measured by atomic force microscopy

JA Last, SM Thomasy, CR Croasdale, P Russell… - Micron, 2012 - Elsevier
The ability to accurately determine the elastic modulus of each layer of the human cornea is
a crucial step in the design of better corneal prosthetics. In addition, knowledge of the elastic …

High‐throughput 3D bioprinting of corneal stromal equivalents

S Kutlehria, TC Dinh, A Bagde, N Patel… - … Research Part B …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
In this study we designed high‐throughput 3D bioprinting of corneal equivalents which may
address the need for in vitro models. In our digital 3D cornea model, average dimensions of …

Hydration dependent biomechanical properties of the corneal stroma

H Hatami-Marbini, E Etebu - Experimental eye research, 2013 - Elsevier
The cornea is responsible for about seventy percent of refractive power of the eye and
transmits more than ninety percent of the incident light. The refractive power and …

[HTML][HTML] In vivo corneal elastography: A topical review of challenges and opportunities

G Lan, MD Twa, C Song, JP Feng, Y Huang… - Computational and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Clinical measurement of corneal biomechanics can aid in the early diagnosis, progression
tracking, and treatment evaluation of ocular diseases. Over the past two decades …

Atomic Force Microscopy Methods to Measure Tumor Mechanical Properties

J Najera, MR Rosenberger, M Datta - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Atomic force microscopy (AFM) is a powerful technique that has been
pivotal to cancer research, but it has only recently been used to study tumor pathology at the …

Anterior and posterior corneal stroma elasticity assessed using nanoindentation

JM Dias, NM Ziebarth - Experimental eye research, 2013 - Elsevier
Corneal biomechanics is an essential parameter for developing diagnostic and treatment
methods of corneal-related diseases. It is widely accepted that corneal mechanical strength …

[HTML][HTML] Quantitative analysis of collagen lamellae in the normal and keratoconic human cornea by second harmonic generation imaging microscopy

N Morishige, H Azumi, H Ohta, Y Morita… - … & visual science, 2014 - tvst.arvojournals.org
Purpose.: To characterize the structural properties of collagen lamellae in the normal and
keratoconic human corneal stroma, we measured their width and angle relative to Bowman's …