What Biomechanical Properties of the Cornea Are Relevant for the Clinician?

Survey of Ophthalmology

Volumn 52, Issue 6 SUPPL., 2007, Pages

  Kotecha, Aachal ^a  

^a MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

biomechanics; central corneal thickness; cornea; glaucoma; hysteresis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORNEA; CORNEA CURVATURE; CORNEA THICKNESS; ELASTICITY; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; HYSTERESIS; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP;

BIOMECHANICS; CORNEA; ELASTIC TISSUE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; TONOMETRY, OCULAR;

EID: 35848966791     PISSN: 00396257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.survophthal.2007.08.004     Document Type: Article

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