Comparison of the performance of the Nidek NT-2000 noncontact tonometer with the Keeler Pulsair 2000 and the Goldmann applanation tonometer

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 51-58

  Cho, Pauline ^a   Lui, Thomas ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

applanation tonometer; intraocular pressure; noncontact tonometer; repeatability; reproducibility

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; PERFORMANCE; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT;

APPLANATION TONOMETER; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; NONCONTACT TONOMETER;

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; TONOMETRY;

ADULT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; OFFICE VISITS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TONOMETRY, OCULAR;

EID: 0031042751     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006324-199701000-00020     Document Type: Article

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