Intratissue Refractive Index Shaping (IRIS) of the cornea and lens using a low-pulse-energy femtosecond laser oscillator

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 5332-5339

  Ding, Li ^a   Knox, Wayne H ^a   Bühren, Jens ^b,c   Nagy, Lana J ^b,c   Huxlin, Krystel R ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELIUM; NEON; TITANIUM;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CAT; CATARACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; CORNEA OPACITY; DIFFRACTION; IRRADIATION; LASER; LENS; LOW PULSE ENERGY FEMTOSECOND LASER OSCILLATOR; LUMINESCENCE; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION INDEX; ANIMAL; EYE REFRACTION; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CATS; CORNEA; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; REFRACTION, OCULAR;

EID: 58149237296     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.08-1921     Document Type: Article

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