On-eye power characteristics of soft contact lenses

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 44-54

  Plainis, Sotiris ^a   Charman, W Neil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flexure; Keratometer; Power change; Soft contact lenses; Tear lens

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; REFRACTIVE INDEX; VISION;

KERATOMETERS;

CONTACT LENSES;

ARTICLE; EYE FIXATION; EYE POSITION; HUMAN; HYDRATION; KERATOMETRY; LENS POWER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; SOFT CONTACT LENS; TEAR FILM; VISION;

CONTACT LENSES, HYDROPHILIC; CORNEA; ELASTICITY; HUMANS; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; OPTICS; REFRACTOMETRY;

EID: 0031908788     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006324-199801000-00024     Document Type: Article

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