Reliability of corneal thickness measurements by Orbscan II and ultrasound pachymeter;Confiabilidade das medidas de espessura central da córnea com Orbscan II e paquímetro ultra-sônico

Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 71-74

  Netto, Adamo Lui ^a   Malta, João Baptista Nigro Santiago ^b,e   Câmara Barros, Maurício Arruda ^b   Giovedi Filho, Renato ^c   Alves, Milton Ruiz ^d  

^a Setor de Lentes de Contato   (Brazil)

^b Instituto de Oftalmologia   (Brazil)

^c Santa Casa de São Paulo   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Comparative study; Cornea anatomy histology; Corneal topography; Measurement equipment; Refractive errors; Technology realibility; Vision tests methods

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORNEA; DEVICE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KERATOMETRY; NORMAL HUMAN; PACHOMETRY; REFRACTION ERROR; RELIABILITY; ULTRASOUND; VISION TEST; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 28244473054     PISSN: 00042749     EISSN: 16782925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-27492005000100012     Document Type: Article

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