Symmetric sensor for applanation resonance tomometry of the eye

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 44, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 54-60

  Hallberg, Per ^a,b   Lindén, Christina ^b   Bäcklund, Tomas ^a,b   Eklund, Anders ^a,b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Applanation; Eye; Glaucoma; Intraocular pressure; Resonance sensor; Tonometry

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; IMAGE SENSORS; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS;

APPLANATION RESONANCE TOMOMETRY; CORNEA; GLAUCOMA; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; RESONANCE SENSOR;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GLAUCOMA; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; OCULOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PROCESS MODEL; REFERENCE VALUE; RETINA; SENSOR; SWINE;

ANIMALS; CALIBRATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GLAUCOMA; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MODELS, ANIMAL; SWINE; TONOMETRY, OCULAR; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 33745447866     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11517-005-0005-1     Document Type: Article

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