The relationship between accommodative amplitude and the ratio of central lens thickness to its equatorial diameter in vertebrate eyes

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 812-817

  Schachar, Ronald A ^a,b   Pierscionek, Barbara K ^c   Abolmaali, Ali ^b   Le, Tri ^b  

^a University of Arlington ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EYE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; LENS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THICKNESS; VERTEBRATE;

ACCOMMODATION, OCULAR; ANIMALS; BIRDS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOTOGRAPHY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 34249787608     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2006.107524     Document Type: Article

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