Very high-frequency digital ultrasound measurement of the LASIK flap thickness profile using the IntraLase femtosecond laser and M2 and Carriazo-Pendular microkeratomes

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 12-23

  Alió, Jorge L ^a,b,c   Piñero, David P ^a  

^a Vissum/Instituto Oftalmológico de Alicante ^*  (Spain)

^b MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^c VISSUM Corporacion Oftalmologica   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CORNEA DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERATOMETRY; KERATOMILEUSIS; KERATOTOMY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION INDEX; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THICKNESS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 38349167600     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/1081597x-20080101-03     Document Type: Article

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