Wavefront technology in cataract surgery

Current Opinion in Ophthalmology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 56-60

  Packer, Mark ^a,b   Fine, I Howard ^a   Hoffman, Richard S ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Contrast sensitivity; Functional vision; Spherical aberration

Indexed keywords

AGING; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTRAST; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CORNEA; DRIVING ABILITY; HUMAN; LENS; LENS IMPLANT; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; NIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOPHAKIA; RETINA IMAGE; REVIEW; SIMULATION; VISION; VISION TEST;

CATARACT EXTRACTION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; HUMANS; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; LENSES, INTRAOCULAR; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 1342347695     PISSN: 10408738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00055735-200402000-00011     Document Type: Review

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