Measurement of intraocular pressure using the NT-4000: A new non-contact tonometer equipped with pulse synchronous measurement function

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 201-205

  Yaoeda, Kiyoshi ^a   Shirakashi, Motohiro ^a   Fukushima, Atsushi ^a   Funaki, Shigeo ^a   Funaki, Haruko ^a   Ofuchi, Nobutaka ^a   Nakatsue, Tomoko ^a   Abe, Haruki ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Glaucoma; Intraocular pressure; Non contact tonometer; NT 4000; Ocular pulse

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TONOMETER; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TONOMETRY, OCULAR;

EID: 18744368475     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ijg.0000159120.03747.48     Document Type: Article

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