A scanning and rotating slit ArF-Excimer laser delivery system for PRK: Principles of operation and technical features;Prinzip und Wirkungsweise eines ArF-Excimerlasersystems mit scannender und rotierender Schlitzblende

Ophthalmologe

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 114-119

  Lubatschowski, Holger ^a,b   Kermani, Omid ^b   Welling, Herbert ^a  

^a LASER ZENTRUM HANNOVER E V   (Germany)

^b LASERFORUM GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

ablation profile; ablation rate; delivery system; Excimer laser; PRK

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EXCIMER LASER; KERATECTOMY; MYOPIA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; KERATECTOMY, PHOTOREFRACTIVE, EXCIMER LASER; METHYLMETHACRYLATES; MODELS, ANATOMIC;

EID: 0030996490     PISSN: 0941293X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003470050091     Document Type: Article

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