Central corneal thickness measurements using Orbscan II scanning slit topography, noncontact specular microscopy, and ultrasonic pachymetry in eyes with keratoconus

Cornea

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 967-971

  Kawana, Keisuke ^a   Miyata, Kazunori ^b   Tokunaga, Tadatoshi ^b   Kiuchi, Takahiro ^a   Hiraoka, Takahiro ^a   Oshika, Tetsuro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b Miyata Eye Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Corneal thickness; Keratoconus; Noncontact specular microscopy; Orbscan scanning slit topography; Pachymetry

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KERATOCONUS; MEASUREMENT; MICROSCOPY; NONCONTACT SPECULAR MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING SLIT TOPOGRAPHY; THICKNESS; TOPOGRAPHY; ULTRASONIC PACHYMETRY;

ADULT; CORNEA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; MICROSCOPY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 28044434218     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ico.0000159733.37554.ba     Document Type: Article

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