Precorneal and pre- and postlens tear film thickness measured indirectly with optical coherence tomography

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 2524-2528

  Wang, Jianhua ^b   Fonn, Desmond ^a   Simpson, Trefford L ^b   Jones, Lyndon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTACT LENS; CORNEA THICKNESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEAR FILM; THICKNESS;

ADULT; BLINKING; CALIBRATION; CONTACT LENSES, HYDROPHILIC; CORNEA; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERFEROMETRY; LIGHT; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; TEARS; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0037809437     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.02-0731     Document Type: Article

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