The conformity of a soft contact lens on the eye

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 341-348

  Funkenbusch, Guo Ming T ^a   Benson, Richard C ^a,b  

^a University of Rochester   (United States)

^b The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; ELASTIC MODULI; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE; THIN FILMS; TISSUE;

CONFORMITY; EYE; POISSON RATIO; REISSNER SHELL THEORY; THIN TEAR FILM;

CONTACT LENSES;

ARTICLE; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; ELASTICITY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PERMEABILITY; PREDICTION; SOFT CONTACT LENS;

CONTACT LENSES, HYDROPHILIC; ELASTICITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PRESSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030220054     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: 15288951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2796016     Document Type: Article

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