Dynamic contour tonometry: Principle and use

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 837-840

  Punjabi, Omar S ^a,b,d   Kniestedt, Christoph ^c   Stamper, Robert L ^a   Lin, Shan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

^c CANTONAL HOSPITAL WINTERTHUR   (Switzerland)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnostic technique; Glaucoma; Intraocular pressure; Survey

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CORNEA THICKNESS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DYNAMIC CONTOUR TONOMETRY; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; TONOMETER; TONOMETRY; TRANSDUCER; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; TONOMETRY, OCULAR;

EID: 33845333009     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2006.01389.x     Document Type: Article

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