Corneal light backscatter measured by optical coherence tomography after LASIK

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 604-610

  Wang, Jianhua ^a   Thomas, Joseph ^b   Cox, Ian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BAUSCH AND LOMB   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA STROMA; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERATOMILEUSIS; LIGHT SCATTERING; MALE; MEASUREMENT; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STROMA CELL;

EID: 33745184909     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/1081-597x-20060601-14     Document Type: Article

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