Refractive change induced by the LASIK flap in a biomechanical finite element model

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 286-292

  Deenadayalu, Chaitanya ^a   Mobasher, Barzin ^a   Rajan, Subby D ^a   Hall, Gary W ^b  

^a Arizona State University   (United States)

^b Gary Hall Laser Center ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CORNEA FLAP DIAMETER; CORNEA FLAP THICKNESS; CORNEA THICKNESS; ELASTICITY; EXCIMER LASER; EYE AXIS LENGTH; EYE REFRACTION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HYPERMETROPIA; HYPEROPIC SHIFT; INCISION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; KERATOMILEUSIS; LENS INCISION DEPTH; MATERIALS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEASUREMENT; MYOPIA; OPTICAL POWER; PACHYMETRY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION CHANGE; TOPOGRAPHY; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 33645129864     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/1081-597x-20060301-15     Document Type: Article

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