Equivalent refractive index of the human lens upon accommodative response

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 85, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1179-1184

  Hermans, Erik A ^a   Dubbelman, Michiel ^a   Van Der Heijde, Rob ^a   Heethaar, Rob M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aberrometry; Accommodation; Intra capsulary mechanism; Lens; Refractive index; Scheimpflug imaging

Indexed keywords

ABERROMETRY; ACCOMMODATION; AXIAL LENGTH; EQUIVALENT REFRACTIVE INDEX; HUMAN LENS; INTRA-CAPSULARY MECHANISM; OPTICAL POWER; SCHEIMPFLUG; SCHEIMPFLUG IMAGING; TWO-COMPARTMENT MODELS;

EQUIVALENCE CLASSES; LENSES; LIGHT REFRACTION; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; REFRACTOMETERS;

ORGANIC POLYMERS;

ACCOMMODATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTACT LENS; CORNEA; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION INDEX; ADOLESCENT; ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; DRUG EFFECT; EYE FIXATION; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HISTOLOGY; LENS; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PUPIL; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUE; REFRACTOMETRY;

PHENYLEPHRINE;

ACCOMMODATION, OCULAR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MALE; PHENYLEPHRINE; PUPIL; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; REFRACTOMETRY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59849105598     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OPX.0b013e31818e8d57     Document Type: Article

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