Changes in equivalent and gradient refractive index of the crystalline lens with accommodation

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 114-119

  Garner, Leon F ^a   Smith, George ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

accommodation; crystalline lens; equivalent refractive index; gradient refractive index

Indexed keywords

GRADIENT INDEX OPTICS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; VISION;

ACCOMMODATION; AUTOREFRACTION; KERATOMETRY; VIDEO PHAKOMETRY TECHNIQUES; VITREOUS CHAMBER;

CONTACT LENSES;

A SCAN; ACCOMMODATION; ADULT; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER DEPTH; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE AXIS LENGTH; HUMAN; KERATOMETRY; LENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; REFRACTION INDEX; THICKNESS; VITREOUS BODY;

ACCOMMODATION, OCULAR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CHAMBER; CORNEA; HUMANS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MODELS, STRUCTURAL; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; REFRACTION, OCULAR;

EID: 0031080043     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006324-199702000-00024     Document Type: Article

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