Fs-laser induced flexibility increase in the crystalline lens

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 6426, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Schumacher, S ^a   Fromm, M ^a   Lakharia, R ^a   Schaefer, M ^a   Oberheide, U ^b   Ripken, T ^a   Breitenfeld, P ^a   Gerten, G ^b   Ertmer, W ^a   Lubatschowski, H ^a  

^a LASER ZENTRUM HANNOVER E V   (Germany)

^b Laserforum Koeln eV   (Germany)

Author keywords

Accommodation; Fs laser; Lens; Mircocuts; Ophthalmology; Presbyopia

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL LASERS; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HELMHOLTZ EQUATION; LENSES; OPHTHALMOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ACCOMMODATION; FS-LASER; MIRCOCUTS; PRESBYOPIA;

MEDICAL PROBLEMS;

EID: 34548217394     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.700148     Document Type: Conference Paper

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