Experimental measurement of corneal haze after excimer laser keratectomy

Applied Optics

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1727-1734

  Del Val, Juan A ^a,b   Barrero, Sonia ^a   Yáñez, Bety ^a   Merayo, Jesús ^a   Aparicio, Juan A ^a   González, Víctor R ^a   Pastor, José C ^a   Mar, Santiago ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MODULATORS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PHOTOREFRACTIVE MATERIALS; SCATTERING;

CORNEAL HAZE;

EXCIMER LASERS;

EID: 0038503460     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.40.001727     Document Type: Article

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