Agreement and repeatability of central thickness measurement in normal corneas using ultrasound pachymetry and the OCULUS Pentacam

Cornea

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 920-924

  O'Donnell, Clare ^a   Maldonado Codina, Carole ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agreement; Corneal thickness; Pachymetry; Pentacam; Repeatability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ARTICLE; CAMERA; CORNEA THICKNESS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOOCULOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PACHYMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADULT; CORNEA; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 28044436542     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ico.0000157422.01146.e9     Document Type: Article

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