Rapid and precise in vivo measurement of human corneal thickness with optical low-coherence reflectometry in normal human eyes

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 253-258

  Wälti, Rudolf ^a   Böhnke, Matthias ^b   Gianotti, Ronald ^a   Bonvin, Pascal ^a   Balliff, Julien ^a   Salathé, René Paul ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Corneal pachometry; Corneal thickness; Optical distance measurement; Optical interferometry; Optical low coherence reflectometry; Optical position measurement

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032117957     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.429880     Document Type: Article

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