Figure 7.

In vivo anterior human cornea images were obtained with FF-OCT and CM. (a) FF-OCT images of the anterior cornea at different depths. 1 – strong reflection on air–tear film interface, 2 – epithelium, 3 – SNP with nerves clearly seen, 4 – Bowman’s layer. (b) In vivo human corneal images of middle stroma, yellow arrows show the stromal nerves. (c) FF-OCT image of the posterior cornea. 1 – posterior stromal keratocytes, 2 – Descemet’s membrane; 3 – endothelium. A nerve is shown by the red arrows. (d, f, and h) zoomed areas (300 µm × 300 µm) of (a), (b), and (c). (e, g, and i) Confocal microscopy images (300 µm × 300 µm) of the same area of (d), (f), and (h). Republished from the study by Mazlin et al. ⁷⁰