Repeatability of corneal thickness measurements made by a scanning slit topography system

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 505-510

  Cho, Pauline ^a   Cheung, Sin Wan ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Central cornea; Corneal Thickness; Orbscan; Peripheral Cornea; Repeatability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORNEA THICKNESS; DEVICE; HUMAN; KERATOMETRY; MYOPIA; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; VISUAL ACUITY; CORNEA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; CORNEA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MYOPIA; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0036832742     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1475-1313.2002.00060.x     Document Type: Article

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