Table 3.
Transparency analysis of stacked corneal stromal tissue equivalents (S-SLATEs) comprising five individual A- or R-SLATEs. Spectral transmittance values (%) are represented as maximum, minimum, and average ± S.D. of three independent measurements (n = 3).
| S-SLATE type | Near-UV (300–380 nm) |
Visible (380–780 nm) |
Near-IR (780–1050 nm) |
All |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max. | Min. | Aver. | Max. | Min. | Aver. | Max. | Min. | Aver. | Aver. | |
| A-SLATEs | 79.8 | 67.2 | 72.6 ± 0.4 | 98.1 | 79.8 | 94.0 ± 0.5 | 99.4 | 97.8 | 98.6 ± 0.1 | 93.4 ± 8.3 |
| R-SLATEs | 71.3 | 51.9 | 59.9 ± 0.6 | 96.0 | 71.5 | 89.2 ± 0.6 | 99.5 | 96.0 | 97.6 ± 0.1 | 89.0 ± 12 |