Table 3.
Literature review comparison of non-human anterior pole lens capsule thickness data to measurements made from confocal Z-axis images.
| Lens Capsule | Tissue Preparation | Measurement Method | Species | Age (weeks) | Anterior Pole Average Thickness (μm) | +/- | Author |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| whole lens | fixed/sectioned | light microscope image | rat | 18 | 9 | - | (Young and Ocumpaugh, 1966) |
| whole lens | fixed/sectioned | light microscope image | rat | 20 | 18.9 | - | (Parmigiani and McAvoy, 1989) |
| 85 | 31.1 | - | |||||
| capsulotomy | - | depth of focus | rat | 12-16 | 23.3 | 2.6 | (Fisher and Hayes, 1979) |
| whole lens | - | confocal Z-axis image | rat | 12 | 13.2 | 1.3 | this report |
| whole lens | fixed/sectioned | light microscope image | rabbit | - | 20 | - | (Fincham, 1937) |
| whole lens | fixed/sectioned | light microscope image | rabbit | - | 10.4 | 2.0 | (Ziebarth et al., 2005) |
| capsulotomy | - | depth of focus | rabbit | - | 22.5 | - | (Fisher, 1969b) |
| whole lens | - | noncontact optical | rabbit | - | 10.7 | 4.2 | (Ziebarth et al., 2005) |
| whole lens | - | confocal Z-axis image | rabbit | 8-12 | 14.3 | 2.2 | this report |