Measurement of post-lens tear thickness

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 2833-2839

  Lin, Meng C ^a,b   Graham, Andrew D ^a   Polse, Kenneth A ^a   Mandell, Robert B ^a   McNamara, Nancy A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; MEASUREMENT; PACHOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT CONTACT LENS; TEAR FILM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONTACT LENSES; CONTACT LENSES, HYDROPHILIC; CORNEA; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; HUMANS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; TEARS;

EID: 0032714255     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (9)

1. Mandell RB, Polse KA. Keratoconus: spatial variation of corneal thickness as a diagnostic test. Arch Ophthalmol. 1969;82:182-188.
2. Mandell RB, Polse KA, Bananno J. Reassessment of optical pachometry. In: Cavanagh HD, ed. The Cornea: Transactions of the World Cornea on the Cornea III. New York: Raven Press; 1988:201-205.
3. Rivera R, Gan C, Poise K, Bonanno J, Fatt I. Contact lenses affect corneal stromal pH. Optom Vis Sci. 1993;70:991-997.
4. Patel S, Bevan R, Farrell JC. Diurnal variation in precorneal tear film stability. Am J Optom Physiol Optics. 1987;65:151-154.
5. Mandell RB, Fatt I. Thinning of the human cornea on awakening. Nature. 1965;208:292-293.
6. Polse KA, Brand R, Cohen S, Guillon M. Hypoxic effects on corneal morphology and function. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 1990;31: 1542-1554.
7. Hamano H. The change of precorneal tear film by the application of contact lenses. Contact Intraocul Lens Med J. 1981;7:205-209.
8. Bland JM, Altman DG. Statistical methods for assessing agreement between two methods of clinical measurement. Lancet. 1986;i: 307-310.
9. Creech JL, Do LT, Fatt I, Radke CJ. In vivo tear-film thickness determination and implications for tear-film stability. Curr Eye Res. 1998;17:1058-1066.