Variability of the Ocular Component Measurements in Children Using A-Scan Ultrasonography

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 35-43

  Kurtz, Daniel ^a   Manny, Ruth ^b   Hussein, Mohamed ^c  

^a NEW ENGLAND COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

A scan; Biometry; Development; Myopia; Precision; Refractive error; Technique; Ultrasonography; Variability

Indexed keywords

ERROR CORRECTION; EYE CONTROLLED DEVICES; LENSES; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; SONOCHEMISTRY; ULTRASONICS;

ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

VISION;

A SCAN; ACCOMMODATION; AGE; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; CHILD; ECHOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUP; EYE; EYE AXIS LENGTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; VITREOUS BODY;

ACCOMMODATION, OCULAR; ANTERIOR CHAMBER; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIOMETRY; CHILD; ETHNIC GROUPS; EYE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MALE; MYOPIA; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 0742322729     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006324-200401000-00008     Document Type: Article

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