A study for accommodating the human crystalline lens by finite element simulation

Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics

Volumn 30, Issue 6-7, 2006, Pages 371-376

  Liu, Zhuo ^a,b   Wang, Boliang ^a,b   Xu, Xiuying ^b   Wang, Cheng ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Accommodation; Eye pressure; Finite element; Human crystalline lens; Optical power

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MEDICAL COMPUTING; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PRESSURE EFFECTS;

ACCOMMODATION MECHANISMS; EYE PRESSURES; HUMAN CRYSTALLINE LENS; OPTICAL POWER;

CONTACT LENSES;

ACCOMMODATION; ARTICLE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HYPOTHESIS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LENS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; OPTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; THICKNESS;

ACCOMMODATION, OCULAR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; STRESS, MECHANICAL; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33750961250     PISSN: 08956111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compmedimag.2006.09.008     Document Type: Article

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