Precision and reproducibility of measurements of human corneal thickness with rapid optical low-coherence reflectometry (OLCR)

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 152-156

  Böhnke, Matthias ^a,b   Masters, Barry R ^a,b   Wälti, Rudolf ^a,b   Ballif, Julien J ^a,b   Chavanne, Philippe ^a,b   Gianotti, Ronald ^a,b   Salathé, René Paul ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Human corneal thickness; Optical low coherence reflectometry; Precision and reproducibility of corneal pachometry

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; COHERENT LIGHT; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PERFORMANCE; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

HUMAN CORNEAL THICKNESS; RAPID OPTICAL LOW-COHERENCE REFLECTOMETRY;

REFLECTOMETERS;

EID: 0032714684     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.429901     Document Type: Article

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