Ultrasound biomicroscopic corneal thickness measurement for corneal thickness mapping

Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 12-18

  Wada, Izumi ^a  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Corneal thickness; Corneal thickness mapping; Ultrasound biomicroscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMICROSCOPY; CORNEA THICKNESS; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; CORNEA; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0030967592     PISSN: 00215155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-5155(96)00006-8     Document Type: Article

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