Continuous non-contact corneal pachymetry with a high speed reflectometer

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 140-148

  Böhnke, Matthias ^a   Chavanne, Philippe ^b   Gianotti, Ronald ^b   Salathé, René Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CORNEA; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; NONHUMAN; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE;

ANIMALS; CORNEA; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; HUMANS; INTERFEROMETRY; KERATECTOMY, PHOTOREFRACTIVE, EXCIMER LASER; LIGHT; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; SWINE;

EID: 0842326971     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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