Repeatability of central corneal thickness measurements measured with the Topcon SP2000P specular microscope

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 243, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 798-802

  Ogbuehi, Kelechi C ^a   Almubrad, Turki M ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

CCT; Corneal thickness; Limits of agreement; LoA; Non contact specular microscope; Pachometry; SP2000P

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CORNEA THICKNESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PARAMETER; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTIVE SURGERY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPECULAR MICROSCOPY; TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CORNEA; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 24944550540     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-005-1149-2     Document Type: Article

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