Comparison between central corneal thickness measurements by ultrasound pachymetry and optical coherence tomography

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 751-754

  Leung, Dexter Y L ^a   Lam, Douglas K T ^a   Yeung, Barry Y M ^a   Lam, Dennis S C ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cornea; Optical coherence tomography; Pachymetry; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA THICKNESS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; RELIABILITY; ULTRASOUND PACHYMETRY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CORNEA; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 33750455818     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2006.01343.x     Document Type: Article

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