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Article: Looking into the eye. (image analyzer used to measure blood vessel growth in the cornea)
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- Science News
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- May 17, 1986
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Looking into the eye
Techniques used to analyze images from "eyes in the sky' can be used to study real eyes, Duke University researchers in Durham, N.C., have found. Using an image analyzer originally developed to study data from earth-scanning satellites, they have devised a system capable of measuring blood vessel growth in the cornea, the normally clear covering over the front of the eye.
At upper right is a rat cornea into which blood vessels have grown as a result of a chemically induced injury. The lower ...