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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ophthalmology. 2010 Feb 16;117(6):1220–1227. doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2009.10.027

Figure 1. Ultra high resolution optical coherence tomography (UHR-OCT) images of the central cornea.

Figure 1

The epithelium (a), Bowman's layer (b), and stroma (c) are readily seen in each image and Descemet's membrane (d) is enlarged in the inset. (A) Descemet's membrane of a normal young subject appeared as a single smooth opaque line on the back surface of the cornea. (B) Descemet's membrane in a normal elderly subject appeared as a band formed of two smooth opaque lines with a translucent space in between. (C) In UHR-OCT image of the right eye of Fuchs' dystrophy patient number 5, Descemet's membrane consisted of a thickened band composed of two opaque lines separated by a translucent space. The anterior line was smooth while the posterior line had a wavy irregular appearance with areas of localized thickenings. Bars are 50 μm.