Quantitative assessment of the anterior segment using ultrasound biomicroscopy

Current Opinion in Ophthalmology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 133-139

  Ishikawa, Hiroshi ^b   Liebmann, Jeffrey M ^b   Ritch, Robert ^a  

^a NEW YORK EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCOMMODATION; ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; BIOMICROSCOPY; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IRIS; MEASUREMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESBYOPIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 0034068551     PISSN: 10408738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00055735-200004000-00012     Document Type: Review

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