A comparison of the ARK-700A autokeratometer and Medmont E300 corneal topographer when measuring peripheral corneal curvature

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 391-398

  González Méijome, José Manuel ^a   Jorge, J ^a   Queiros, A ^a   Almeida, J B ^a   Parafita, M A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Corneal topogometry; Corneal topography; Peripheral autokeratometry; Videokeratoscopy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORNEA CURVATURE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KERATOMETRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORNEA; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; ROTATION;

ADULT; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CORNEA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ROTATION;

EID: 16544394499     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-1313.2004.00203.x     Document Type: Article

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