Measurement of the Elastic Modulus of Cornea, Sclera and Limbus: The Importance of the Corneal-Limbus-Scleral Biomechanical Unit

• Published in: Frontiers in bioscience (Scholar edition) Vol. 14; no. 4; p. 30
• Main Authors: Silver, Frederick H., Deshmukh, Tanmay, Benedetto, Dominick, Gonzalez-Mercedes, Michael, Mesica, Arielle
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore IMR Press 03.11.2022
• Subjects: Animals; biomechanics; collagen fibrils; Cornea; corneal-limbus-scleral biomechanical unit; Elastic Modulus; energy dissipation; energy storage; Humans; limbus; Limbus Corneae; Myopia; Sclera; Swine; energy dissipation; cornea; energy storage; limbus; collagen fibrils; biomechanics; corneal-limbus-scleral biomechanical unit; sclera

Background: Energy storage, transmission and dissipation are important considerations of normal mechanical homeostasis. In this paper we present a new technique termed vibrational optical coherence tomography (VOCT) to study the anterior anatomic structures of the pig eye to better understand how en...