Continuous measurement of corneal dehydration with online optical coherence pachymetry

Cornea

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 182-184

  Aurich, Henning ^a   Wirbelauer, Christopher ^a   Jaroszewski, Jan ^b   Hartmann, Christian ^b   Pham, Duy Thoai ^a  

^a VIVANTES KLINIKUM NEUKÖLLN   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Corneal dehydration; Corneal thickness measurement; Online optical coherence pachymetry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORNEA DEHYDRATION; CORNEA THICKNESS; DEHYDRATION; HUMAN; KERATOMILEUSIS; ONLINE MONITORING; ONLINE OPTICAL COHERENCE PACHYMETRY; PATIENT MONITORING; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CORNEA; DEHYDRATION; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; ONLINE SYSTEMS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 33644836123     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ico.0000176610.50461.77     Document Type: Article

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