Investigations for the correction of presbyopia by fs-laser induced cuts

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 27-35

  Ripken, T ^a   Oberheide, U ^b   Heisterkamp, A ^a   Ertmer, W ^a   Gerten, G ^b   Lubatschowski, H ^a  

^a LASER ZENTRUM HANNOVER E V   (Germany)

^b Laserforum Köln eV ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Accommodation; Femtosecond Laser; Ophthalmology; Presbyopia; Ultrashort Laser Pulses

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BIOMECHANICS; CAVITATION; CHEMICAL LASERS; DISEASE CONTROL; ELASTICITY; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; LIGHT SCATTERING; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OPTIMIZATION; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; TISSUE; ULTRASHORT PULSES; VISIBILITY;

ACCOMMODATION; FEMTOSECOND LASER; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PRESBYOPIA;

LENSES;

EID: 12144267355     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.528955     Document Type: Conference Paper

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