The agreement and repeatability of tear meniscus height measurement methods

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 82, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1030-1037

  Johnson, Michael Edward ^a,b   Murphy, Paul James ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BRISTOL EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agreement; Repeatability; Tear film; Tear meniscus height; Tear prism

Indexed keywords

COHERENT LIGHT; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; OPTOMETERS; PRISMS; TOMOGRAPHY;

AGREEMENT; REPEATABILIY; TEAR FILMS; TEAR MENISCUS HEIGHT; TEAR PRISM;

VISION;

FLUORESCEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DRY EYE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; OPTICAL PACHYMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SLIT LAMP; TEAR FILM; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TEARS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 29344441054     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.opx.0000192352.78935.e0     Document Type: Article

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