Constant volume of the human lens and decrease in surface area of the capsular bag during accommodation: An MRI and Scheimpflug study

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 281-289

  Hermans, Erik A ^a   Pouwels, Petra J W ^a   Dubbelman, Michiel ^a   Kuijer, Joost P A ^a   Van Der Heijde, Rob G L ^a   Heethaar, Rob M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCOMMODATION; ADULT; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS; ADOLESCENT; ANATOMY; BODY SURFACE; ELASTICITY; HISTOLOGY; LENS CAPSULE; ORGAN SIZE; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ACCOMMODATION, OCULAR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANATOMY, CROSS-SECTIONAL; BODY SURFACE AREA; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LENS CAPSULE, CRYSTALLINE; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PHOTOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58249083294     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.08-2124     Document Type: Article

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