The corneal stroma plays several pivotal roles within the eye. Optically, it is the main
refracting lens and thus has to combine almost perfect transmission of visible light with …

As the eye's main load-bearing connective tissue, the sclera is centrally important to vision.
In addition to cooperatively maintaining refractive status with the cornea, the sclera must …

Corneal damage forms scar tissue and manifests as permanent corneal opacity, which is the
main cause of visual impairment caused by corneal diseases. To treat these diseases …

The eye is regarded as an immune privileged site. Since the presence of a vasculature
would impair vision, the vasculature of the eye is located outside of the central light path. As …

Corneal stiffness plays a critical role in sha** the cornea with respect to intraocular
pressure and physical interventions. However, it remains difficult to measure the mechanical …

Purpose In recent years, the interest in corneal biomechanics has strongly increased. The
material properties of the cornea determine its shape and therefore play an important role in …

Recent studies have shown that alterations in corneal biomechanical properties are
associated with corneal pathologies, particularly corneal ectasia. Moreover, these …

When used in combination with raster scanning, small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) has
proven to be a valuable imaging technique of the nanoscale, for example of bone, teeth and …

Bone's remarkable mechanical properties are a result of its hierarchical structure. The
mineralized collagen fibrils, made up of collagen fibrils and crystal platelets, are bone's …

Purpose.: To characterize and quantify the collagen fiber (lamellar) organization of human
corneas in three dimensions by using nonlinear optical high-resolution macroscopy (NLO …