Corneal-thickness spatial profile and corneal-volume distribution: Tomographic indices to detect keratoconus

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1851-1859

  Ambrósio Jr , Renato ^a   Alonso, Ruiz Simonato ^a   Luz, Allan ^a   Coca Velarde, Luis Guillermo ^a  

^a FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BRAZIL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA THICKNESS; CORNEA VOLUME; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; MALE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RANK SUM TEST; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

CORNEA; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; KERATOCONUS; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 33750472303     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2006.06.025     Document Type: Article

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