Ocular biomechanics and biotransport

Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 6, Issue , 2004, Pages 249-273

  Ethier, C Ross ^a   Johnson, Mark ^b   Ruberti, Jeff ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Northwestern University   (United States)

^c Cambridge Polymer Group   (United States)

^d SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aqueous humor drainage; Bruch's membrane; Cornea; Glaucoma; Optic nerve head

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS HUMOR FLOW; BIOMECHANICS; BRUCH MEMBRANE; CILIARY MUSCLE; CORNEA LIMBUS; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OPHTHALMIC ARTERY; PRESBYOPIA; REFRACTIVE SURGERY; RETINA; RETINA BLOOD FLOW; REVIEW; SCLERA;

ANIMALS; AQUEOUS HUMOR; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BIOMECHANICS; CORNEA; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; OCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; OPTIC NERVE; PRESSURE; RETINA;

EID: 4444240932     PISSN: 15239829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.bioeng.6.040803.140055     Document Type: Review

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