Effect of cornea material stiffness on measured intraocular pressure

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1707-1713

  Kwon, T H ^a   Ghaboussi, J ^b   Pecknold, D A ^b   Hashash, Y M A ^b  

^a IH Laboratory Enterprise Works   (United States)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

Applanation tonometry; Central corneal thickness; Finite element model; Intraocular pressure; Material properties

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STIFFNESS; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

APPLANATION TONOMETRY; CENTRAL CORNEAL THICKNESS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MATERIAL PROPERTIES;

EYE MOVEMENTS;

ARTICLE; CORNEA; CORNEA MATERIAL STIFFNESS; EYE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; TONOMETER; TONOMETRY; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

EID: 43749092192     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2008.03.004     Document Type: Article

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