Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 35, Issue 11 , Pages 1979-1983 , November 2009

Visualization of femtosecond laser pulse–induced microincisions inside crystalline lens tissue

Received 16 March 2009 ,Revised 18 June 2009 ,Accepted 30 June 2009.

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 No author has a financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.

 Supported by BMBF FKZ 13N8709 and 13N8712 and in part by the DFG (Transregio 37, Micro- und Nanosystems in Medicine–Reconstruction of Biological Functions).

 David Beattie provided editorial support.

PII: S0886-3350(09)00748-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2009.06.019

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 35, Issue 11 , Pages 1979-1983 , November 2009

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