The Influence of Eyelid Position and Environmental Conditions on the Corneal Changes in Early Postmortem Interval: A Prospective, Multicentric OCT Study

In the current study, using portable optical coherence tomography, we evaluated 46 corneas of 23 individuals in a multicenter setting during the first 17 h after death. Twenty-three eyes were kept open, and twenty three were kept closed. Furthermore, the experiment was carried out for 12 samples in...

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Published in:	Diagnostics
Main Authors:	Matteo Nioi, Pietro Emanuele Napoli, Roberto Demontis, Alberto Chighine, Fabio De-Giorgio, Simone Grassi, Vincenzo Scorcia, Maurizio Fossarello, Ernesto d’Aloja
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI AG 2022-09-01
Subjects:	postmortem ocular changes postmortem optical coherence tomography forensic pathology cornea postmortem eye forensic imaging
Online Access:	https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4418/12/9/2169

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