Measuring corneal thickness with a rotary scanning system

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2002, Pages

  Franco, Sandra ^a   Almeida, José B ^a   Parafita, Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORNEA SURGERY; CORNEA THICKNESS; LENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLIT LAMP; TOMOGRAPHY; TOPOGRAPHY;

CORNEA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; HUMANS; VIDEO RECORDING; WEIGHTS AND MEASURES;

EID: 0036743315     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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