Spectral analysis of viscoelasticity of the human lens

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 714-716

  Soergel, Fritz ^a   Meyer, Carsten ^b   Eckert, Gabriele ^a,c   Abele, Bernd ^a   Pechhold, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^c Institute for Dynamic Material Testing   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCOMMODATION; AGING; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CATARACT; CROSS LINKING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS; VISCOELASTICITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CATARACT; ELASTICITY; HUMANS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0032731023     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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