Theoretical model and design of a device to reduce the influence of environmental factors on refractive surgery outcomes

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 343-346

  Schena, Emiliano ^a   Silvestri, Sergio ^a   Franzesi, Giovanni Talei ^b   Cupo, Gaetano ^d   Carito, Pino ^c   Ghinelli, Emiliano ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Laboratorio di Biotecnologie e Scienze della Visione   (Italy)

^d IRCCS FONDAZIONE BIETTI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; REFRACTIVE SURGERY; THEORETICAL MODELS;

ENERGY DISSIPATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EXCIMER LASERS; LASER ABLATION; LASER BEAMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REFRACTION;

LASER SURGERY;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORNEA; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; EVALUATION STUDY; HEATING; HUMAN; KERATOMILEUSIS; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; CORNEA; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HEATING; HUMANS; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34047147055     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2006.260184     Document Type: Conference Paper

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