Evaluation of goldmann applanation tonometry using a nonlinear finite element ocular model

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1628-1640

  Elsheikh, Ahmed ^a   Wang, Defu ^a   Kotecha, Aachal ^b,c   Brown, Michael ^a   Garway Heath, David ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cornea; Intra ocular pressure; Numerical modelling; Tonometry

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL DATA; CONTACT PRESSURES; CORNEA; CORNEAL THICKNESS; CORNEAL TISSUES; HIGHLY NONLINEAR; HYPER ELASTIC; INTRA OCULAR PRESSURE; LABORATORY TEST; LOADING CONDITION; MATERIAL PROPERTY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NATURAL VARIATION; NON-LINEAR FINITE ELEMENTS; NON-LINEAR MODELLING; STRESS-STRAIN PROPERTY; STRUCTURAL RESISTANCE; TONOMETRY;

LOADING; NUMERICAL MODELS; OPHTHALMOLOGY; TISSUE;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CORNEA; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY; EVALUATION; GLAUCOMA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; METHODOLOGY; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; OCULOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CORNEA; ELASTICITY; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LONDON; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; TONOMETRY, OCULAR;

EID: 33847051527     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-006-9191-8     Document Type: Article

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