Subjective and objective measures of corneal staining related to multipurpose care systems

Contact Lens and Anterior Eye

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 3-9

  Pritchard, Nicola ^a   Young, Graeme ^a   Coleman, Sarah ^a   Hunt, Chris ^a  

^a Visioncare Research Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corneal staining; Image analysis; Multipurpose solution; Polyhexanide; Polyquaternium 1

Indexed keywords

CONTACT LENS SOLUTION; OPTI FREE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONJUNCTIVAL HYPEREMIA; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA DISEASE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SLIT LAMP; SOFT CONTACT LENS; STAINING;

EID: 0037345279     PISSN: 13670484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1367-0484(02)00083-8     Document Type: Article

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