Comparison of laser interferometry and ultrasound A-scan in the measurement of axial length

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 331-335

  Goyal, R ^a   North, R V ^b   Morgan, James E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biometry; Cataract; Laser interferometry

Indexed keywords

A SCAN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERFEROMETER; INTERFEROMETRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER; LENS IMPLANT; LENS POWER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ULTRASOUND;

AGED; BIOMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; EYE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERFEROMETRY; LASERS; LENSES, INTRAOCULAR; MALE; OPTICS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0043173718     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0420.2003.00092.x     Document Type: Article

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