Corneal oxygen distribution with contact lens wear

Cornea

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 654-664

  Alvord, Larry A ^a   Hall, W Jordan ^a   Keyes, L David ^a   Morgan, Courtney F ^a   Winterton, Lynn C ^a  

^a CIBA Vision Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Contact lens; Cornea; Diffusion; Modeling; Oxygen

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTACT LENS; CORNEA; CORNEA THICKNESS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HYPOXIA; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGENATION; PERMEABILITY; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VALIDATION STUDY;

CONTACT LENSES, HYDROPHILIC; CORNEA; DIFFUSION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MYOPIA; OXYGEN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PARTIAL PRESSURE; PERMEABILITY;

EID: 34447559953     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e31804f5a22     Document Type: Article

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