Polymers for refractive index change in Intraocular lenses: A novel approach for photoinduced tuning of focal length

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 6138, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Träger, Jens ^a   Kim, Hee Cheol ^a   Hampp, Norbert ^a,b  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cataract surgery; Change of focal length; Intraocular lens; IOL; Photochemistry; Refractive index change

Indexed keywords

ABERRATIONS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; PATIENT TREATMENT; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; POLYMERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; VISION AIDS;

CATARACT SURGERY; CHANGE OF FOCAL LENGTH; PHOTON DENSITIES; REFRACTIVE INDEX CHANGE;

INTRAOCULAR LENSES;

EID: 33745381224     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.646214     Document Type: Conference Paper

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