Repeatability and reproducibility of the BVI ultrasonic pachymeter

Eye

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 825-828

  Gunvant, Pinakin ^a   Broadway, D C ^b   Watkins, R J ^a,b  

^a ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cornea; Pachymetry; Ultrasound; Validity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA THICKNESS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DATA ANALYSIS; ECHOOCULOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; TOPICAL ANESTHESIA;

EID: 0242288026     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.eye.6700485     Document Type: Article

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