Electron Microscopy of Surface Smoothness of Porcine Corneas and Acrylic Plates with Four Brands of Excimer Laser

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 623-628

  Thomas, Justus W ^a   Mitra, Shrabanee ^a   Chuang, Alice Z ^a   Yee, Richard W ^a,b  

^a Hermann Eye Center   (United States)

^b Jones Pavillion   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYACRYLIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CORNEA; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EXCIMER LASER; INTERFEROMETRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIGHT REFRACTION; NONHUMAN; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SWINE;

ANIMALS; CORNEA; INTERFEROMETRY; KERATECTOMY, PHOTOREFRACTIVE, EXCIMER LASER; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE; SWINE;

EID: 0345714937     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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