Corneal thickness mapping by topographical ultrasonic pachometry

International Contact Lens Clinic

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 12-21

  Parafita, Manuel Ángel ^a   González Meijome, José Manuel ^a,b   Díaz Rey, José Alberto ^b   González Pérez, Javier ^a   Yebra Pimentel, Eva ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Pachometric topography; Statistics; Thickness mapping; Ultrasonic pachometry

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042283594     PISSN: 08928967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0892-8967(01)00051-7     Document Type: Article

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