Corneal thickness mapping with an ultrasound biomicroscope

Journal of Japanese Ophthalmological Society

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 46-49

  Wada, Izumi ^a   Emi, Kazuo ^b   Ishikawa, Hiroshi ^a   Uji, Yukitaka ^a  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Mie Prefectural Medical Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Corneal thickness; Corneal thickness mapping; Ultrasound biomicroscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMICROSCOPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CORNEA THICKNESS; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE;

ADULT; AGED; CORNEA; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE;

EID: 0030070048     PISSN: 00290203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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