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Research from Ecole polytechnique has provided new data on edema

Published in Medical Devices and Surgical Technology Week, December 19th, 2010

2010 DEC 19 -- Researchers detail in 'Effect of incident light wavelength and corneal edema on light scattering and penetration: laboratory study of human corneas,' new data in edema. According to recent research from Palaiseau, France, "The outcome of ultrashort pulse laser surgery of the cornea is strongly influenced by the light scattering properties of the tissue, for which little data are available. The purpose of the present study is to provide quantitative values for light scattering and its relation to the degree of edema."

"An experimental optical measuring setup based on confocal geometry was used to measure the unscattered and scattered fractions...

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