In vivo observation of the crystalline lens capsule.
The crystalline lens capsules of eye bank eyes, intraocular lens (IOL)-inserted eyes and those of monkey and rabbit eyes were observed in vivo and/or in vitro through a specular microscope or Scheimpflug slit images in combination with new image-processing techniques and scanning electron microscopy. Shagreen patterns seen in both human and animal eyes may reflect the lens epithelium and basement-membrane-like layer. As a postoperative examination in IOL-inserted eyes, the distance between the IOL and the posterior lens capsule could be measured with an accuracy of 50 microns.
D000818:Animals; D002386:Cataract / Q000473:pathology; D000882:Haplorhini; D006801:Humans; D007903:Lens Capsule, Crystalline / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D007908:Lens, Crystalline / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular; D008027:Light; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D010781:Photography; D011817:Rabbits; D012016:Reference Values; D012542:Scattering, Radiation