The ideal excimer beam for refractive surgery

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2006, Pages

  Pettit, George H ^a,b  

^a Alcon Orlando Technology Center   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVALUATION; EXCIMER LASER; EYE TRACKING; LASER SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTIVE SURGERY; THERMAL INJURY;

CORNEA; HUMANS; KERATECTOMY, LASER; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; THERMOGRAPHY;

EID: 33751081824     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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