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SUBMITTER: Scarcelli G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3177074 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Biophysical journal 20110920 6
The biophysical and biomechanical properties of the crystalline lens (e.g., viscoelasticity) have long been implicated in accommodation and vision problems, such as presbyopia and cataracts. However, it has been difficult to measure such parameters noninvasively. Here, we used in vivo Brillouin optical microscopy to characterize material acoustic properties at GHz frequency and measure the longitudinal elastic moduli of lenses. We obtained three-dimensional elasticity maps of the lenses in live ...[more]