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Specular Microscopy Basics |
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Assessing the Cornea with Specular Microscopy - Cell density (ECD)
- Cell size variation
- Cell shape variation
- Corneal thickness (pachymetry)
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- High definition, 440x microscopic view of endothelial morphology
- Easy and automated focus, alignment, capture of data
- Auto-cell counting + patented Center Method analysis
- Robust detailed analytics
- Position data of sample to assess change over time
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| Normal Endothelial Cell Density (ECD)
Normal ECD declines with age |  | Low ECDLow ECD is a risk factor for cataract and corneal surgeries that can be missed without the use of specular microscopy. |  | PolymegethismChange from uniform cell sizes to variable cell sizes is an indication of distress to the endothelium. |  | PleomorphismChange from optimum hexagonal cell geometry to variable / compromised cell shapes. |  | Normal ECD with Polymegethism and Pleomorphism
Here the ECD is typical, but there are also large changes in morphology with high variance in cell area / sizes (pleomorphism) and a large number of non-hexagonal cell shapes (4, 5, 7 sided cells, ie. pleomorphism). A cell count without cellular morphology statistics may be misleading. |  |
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