The shape of the anterior and posterior surface of the aging human cornea

Vision Research

Volumn 46, Issue 6-7, 2006, Pages 993-1001

  Dubbelman, M ^a   Sicam, V A D P ^a,b   Van Der Heijde, G L ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aging; Asphericity; Astigmatism; Effective refractive index; Posterior cornea; Radius; Scheimpflug; Schematic eye

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; ERROR; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION INDEX; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ASTIGMATISM; CORNEA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; REFRACTION, OCULAR;

EID: 29544435798     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2005.09.021     Document Type: Article

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