image: These are images of the eye after cuts are made. (A) View of the eye via the near-infrared video camera after the laser capsulotomy. Arrows, bubble-filled circular line of the laser cut. (B) A view of the eye after the lens segmentation and fragmentation. Lens becomes much brighter due to enhanced light scattering by the gas bubbles. Arrows, bubble-filled circular line of the laser cut. Scale bars, 3 mm. This image relates to an article that appeared in the Nov. 17, 2010, issue of Science Translational Medicine, published by AAAS. The study, by Daniel V. Palanker of Stanford University in Stanford, Calif., and colleagues, was titled, "Femtosecond Laser-Assisted Cataract Surgery." view more
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