Accuracy and reliability of the Keeler Pulsair EasyEye non-contact tonometer

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 61-66

  Ogbuehi, Kelechi C ^a   Almubrad, Turki M ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Goldmann tonometer; Noncontact tonometer; Pulsair EasyEye; Repeatability; Tonometry

Indexed keywords

RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL METHODS; SYSTEMATIC ERRORS;

GOLDMANN TONOMETERS; NONCONTACT TONOMETERS; PULSAIR EASYEYE; REPEATABILITY; TONOMETRY;

PRESSURE MEASUREMENT;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; TONOMETER;

ADULT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TONOMETRY, OCULAR;

EID: 37849047537     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OPX.0b013e31815ed742     Document Type: Article

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