Clinical applications of wavefront aberrometry - A review

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 118-129

  Maeda, Naoyuki ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aberration; Aberrometry; Corneal topography; Irregular astigmatism; Wavefront

Indexed keywords

ACCOMMODATION; AGING; ASTIGMATISM; CATARACT; CONTACT LENS; CORNEA DYSTROPHY; DIPLOPIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRY EYE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE QUALITY; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMILEUSIS; LENS IMPLANT; LIGHT REFRACTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; MYOPIA; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RADIAL KERATOTOMY; REFRACTION ERROR; REFRACTIVE SURGERY; REVIEW; SCLERA BUCKLING PROCEDURE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEAR FILM; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

ACCOMMODATION, OCULAR; AGING; ASTIGMATISM; CATARACT; CONTACT LENSES; CORNEAL DISEASES; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; LENSES, INTRAOCULAR; REFRACTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 63649088299     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2009.02005.x     Document Type: Review

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