Estimating the external force acting on the human eye lens during accommodation by finite element modelling

Vision Research

Volumn 46, Issue 21, 2006, Pages 3642-3650

  Hermans, E A ^a   Dubbelman, M ^a   van der Heijde, G L ^a   Heethaar, R M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Accommodation; Finite element; Lens; Modelling; Muscle; Presbyopia; Zonule

Indexed keywords

ACCOMMODATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CASE REPORT; CILIARY MUSCLE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; LENS EPITHELIUM; LENS IMPLANT; MALE; MODEL; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE STRETCHING; PRESBYOPIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISCOELASTICITY;

ACCOMMODATION, OCULAR; ADULT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 33748417416     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2006.04.012     Document Type: Article

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