Interferometric measurement of corneal thickness with micrometer precision

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 1994, Pages 468-476

  Hitzenberger, C K ^a   Baumgartner, A ^a   Drexler, W ^a   Fercher, A F ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CORNEA; CORNEA DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; INTERFEROMETRY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL KERATOTOMY; REFRACTION ERROR;

EID: 0027994104     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9394(14)75798-8     Document Type: Article

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