Topographical changes of biconvex objects during equatorial traction: An analogy for accommodation of the human lens

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 91, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1698-1703

  Schachar, Ronald A ^a,b   Fygenson, Deborah Kuchnir ^c  

^a University of Texas at Arlington ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE; RUBBER; WATER;

ACCOMMODATION; AIR ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; ENCAPSULATION; IN VIVO STUDY; KERATOSCOPY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MICROTUBULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOPOGRAPHY;

ACCOMMODATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; LENS CAPSULE, CRYSTALLINE; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 36748999474     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2006.094888     Document Type: Article

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