In vivo increase of the human lens equatorial diameter during accommodation

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 271, Issue 3 40-3, 1996, Pages

  Schachar, Ronald A ^a   Tello, Celso ^b   Cudmore, Donald R ^b   Liebmann, Jeffrey M ^b   Black, Truman D ^b   Ritch, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

eye; focusing mechanism; small displacement; theory; ultrasound biomicroscopy

Indexed keywords

ACCOMMODATION; ADULT; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BIOMICROSCOPY; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; EYE MOVEMENT; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LENS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 0029846141     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1996.271.3.r670     Document Type: Article

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