Numerical study of the effect of corneal layered structure on ocular biomechanics

Current Eye Research

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 26-35

  Elsheikh, Ahmed ^a   Ross, Stuart ^a   Alhasso, Daad ^a   Rama, Paolo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Corneal biomechanics; Corneal microstructure; Numerical modeling

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADHESION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA STROMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SHEAR STRESS; SIMULATION; TENSION; TONOMETER; TONOMETRY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ELASTICITY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; TISSUE ADHESION;

AGED; BIOMECHANICS; CORNEAL STROMA; ELASTICITY; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TISSUE ADHESIONS;

EID: 59449089967     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: 14602202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02713680802535263     Document Type: Article

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