3D finite element model of aqueous outflow to predict the effect of femtosecond laser created partial thickness drainage channels

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 188-195

  Chai, Dongyul ^a,b   Chaudhary, Gautam ^a   Mikula, Eric ^a   Sun, Hui ^a   Juhasz, Tibor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Aqueous humor; Glaucoma; Intraocular pressure

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS HUMOR; AQUEOUS HUMOR OUTFLOW; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; IMAGE INTENSIFIER; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LASER; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PERFUSION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THICKNESS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRAINAGE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GLAUCOMA; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LASER THERAPY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RABBITS; SCLEROSTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 41849140541     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: 10969101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.20608     Document Type: Article

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