Contact or immersion technique for axial length measurement?

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 49-51

  Watson, Adam ^a,c   Armstrong, Robyn ^b  

^a ROYAL NEWCASTLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Blacktown Eye Centre   (Australia)

^c AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

A scan; Axial length measurement; Contact technique; Immersion technique; Intra ocular lens power

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE AXIS LENGTH; EYE FIXATION; HUMAN; IMMERSION; LENS IMPLANT; MEASUREMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT POSITIONING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032895261     PISSN: 08149763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1606.1999.00162.x     Document Type: Article

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