Interferometric measurements of the tear film irregularities on the human cornea

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5959, Issue , 2005, Pages 1-10

  Szczȩsna, Dorota H ^a   Jaroński, Jarosław ^a   Kasprzak, Henryk T ^a,b   Stenevi, Ulf ^c  

^a WROCLAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dry eye; Tear film break up; Tear film interferometry; Tear film stability

Indexed keywords

EYE CONTROLLED DEVICES; EYE PROTECTION; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; OPTICS; PHYSIOLOGY; REFRACTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHEARING;

DRY EYES; TEAR FILM BREAK-UP; TEAR FILM INTERFEROMETRY; TEAR FILM STABILITIES;

INTERFEROMETRY;

EID: 32344441309     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.622176     Document Type: Conference Paper

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