Increasing corneal curvature by RF current: Numerical model studies of governing physical processes

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 6440, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Pearce, John A ^a   Ikei, Chris ^b  

^a The University of Texas at Austin

^b Refractec Inc

Author keywords

Collagen shrinkage; Corneal curvature; Hyperopia; Radio frequency

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRODES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

COLLAGEN SHRINKAGE; CORNEAL CURVATURE; RADIO FREQUENCY;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 34548233674     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.702874     Document Type: Conference Paper

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