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Table 2

Values of ocular parameters (used for focal length calculation) from different rat eye models.

Parameter Thickness (mm)   Radius of curvature (mm)    Refractive index Calculated focal length (this study)*
(mm)





Author Cornea
e1
Aqueous chamber
e2
Crystalline lens
e3
Anterior cornea
R1
Posterior cornea
R2
Anterior lens
R3
Posterior lens
R4
Cornea
n1
Aqueous
n2
Lens (Homogeneous model)
n3
Vitreous
n4
Block (1969)
Strain: Pigmented and albino rats
0.25 0.88 2.80 2.75 2.50 1.85 1.72 1.38 1.34 1.61 1.34 3.498
Massof and Chang (1972)
Strain: Hooded rats
0.25 0.87 3.87 2.78 2.53 1.11 1.42 1.374 1.344 1.433 1.347 6.660
Hughes (1979)
Strain: Dark Agouti rats
0.260 0.621 3.710 2.965 2.705 2.340 2.340 1.380 1.337 1.683 1.337 5.748
Chaudhuri et al. (1983)
Strain: Long
Evans rats
0.156 0.708 3.814 3.051 2.959 2.535 2.441 1.3838 1.3346 1.6854 1.3349 5.726

*See calculation in Annexe A.

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