Three interferometric methods for measuring the thickness of layers of the tear film

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 19-32

  King Smith, P Ewen ^a   Fink, Barbara A ^a   Fogt, Nick ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aqueous layer; Human tears; Interferometry; Lipid layer; Reflectance; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

INTERFEROMETERS; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; VISION;

ANGLE DEPENDENT FRINGES (ADF); HUMAN TEAR FILM; THICKNESS DEPENDENT FRINGES (TDF); WAVELENGTH DEPENDENT FRINGES (WDF);

OPHTHALMOLOGY;

CONTACT LENS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRY EYE; HUMAN; INTERFEROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TEAR FILM;

DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; HUMANS; INTERFEROMETRY; LIGHT; MATHEMATICS; TEARS;

EID: 0033005905     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006324-199901000-00025     Document Type: Review

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