Clinical performance of the Reichert AT550: A new non-contact tonometer

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 560-564

  Jorge, Jorge ^a,c   Diaz Rey J A ^a   Gonzalez Meijome J M ^a   Almeida, J B ^a   Parafita, M A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Applanation tonometry; Intraocular pressure; Non contact tonometry

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; OCULOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TONOMETER; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; ADULT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD;

ADULT; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TONOMETRY, OCULAR;

EID: 0036832464     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1475-1313.2002.00077.x     Document Type: Article

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