title: Comparative endothelial biomicroscopy.
abstract: Calibrating comparative endothelial biomicroscopy with a corneal endothelial microscope (Heyer-Schulte Medical Optics), we have obtained clinically useful estimates of endothelial cell density. This simple and inexpensive technique allows rapid examination and evaluation of a large number of endothelial cells across various corneal diameters. It is, however, a clinical rather than investigative procedure and is not intended to replace the quantitative features of endothelial specular photomicrography for scientific studies.
mesh_terms: D002138:Calibration; D002452:Cell Count; D003315:Cornea / Q000166:cytology*; D004727:Endothelium / Q000166:cytology; D006801:Humans; D009885:Ophthalmology / Q000379:methods*; D010784:Photomicrography / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*