Measurement of corneal thickness by low coherence reflectometry;Messung der Hornhautdicke bei der Photo-Keratektomie mit einem in den Strahlengang des Excimer-Lasers integrierten Reflektometer

Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde

Volumn 212, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 367-371

  Böhnke, Matthias ^a   Wälti, Rudolf ^b   Lindgren, Fredrik ^b   Gianotti, Ronald ^b   Bonvin, Pascal ^b   Salathé, René Paul ^b  

^a Universitäts Augenklinik

^b Institut d'Optique Appliquee   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Corneal pachymetry; Corneal photoablation; Excimer laser; Optical low coherence reflectometry; Photorefractive keratectomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORNEA THICKNESS; EXCIMER LASER; KERATECTOMY; KERATOMETRY; LASER SURGERY; REFLECTOMETRY; VISUAL SYSTEM;

EID: 0031814051     PISSN: 00232165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1034908     Document Type: Article

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