A biomechanical basis for laser thermokeratoplasty

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 2930, Issue , 1996, Pages 25-32

  Kampmeier, Jürgen ^a   Brinkmann, Ralf ^a   Pfleiderer, Martin ^b   Schneider, Erich ^b   Birngruber, Reginald ^a  

^a MEDICAL LASER CENTER LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; COAGULATION; LASER SURGERY; LASERS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; OPHTHALMOLOGY; SHRINKAGE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENTS; AXIALLY SYMMETRIC; BIOMECHANICAL EFFECTS; HUMAN EYES; MATERIAL STIFFNESSES; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; REFRACTIVE POWERS; REFRACTIVE SURGERIES; RING DIAMETERS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES; UNDER PRESSURES; YOUNG'S MODULUS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 0343505773     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.260879     Document Type: Conference Paper

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