Scalloped channels enhance tear mixing under hydrogel contact lenses

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 83, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 874-878

  Lin, Meng C ^a,b   Soliman, Gemma N ^b   Lim, Valerie A ^b   Giese, Michael L ^b   Wofford, Laura E ^a   Marmo, Christopher ^c   Radke, Clayton ^d   Polse, Kenneth A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c New Technologies and Research and Development   (United States)

^d University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Channels; Ethnicity; Lens designs; Soft lenses; Tear mixing

Indexed keywords

FLUOROMETERS; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROGELS;

ETHNICITY; FLUID RESISTANCE; LENS DESIGNS; SOFT LENSES; TEAR MIXING;

CONTACT LENSES;

DYE; FLUORESCEIN; WATER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERROR; EYE; FLUOROMETER; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; LACRIMAL FLUID; LENS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALLOPED CHANNEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEAR FILM; WATER CONTENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIAN AMERICANS; CONTACT LENSES, HYDROPHILIC; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FLUORESCEIN; FLUORESCENT DYES; FLUOROMETRY; HUMANS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TEARS;

EID: 33845738200     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.opx.0000249978.07340.b2     Document Type: Article

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