Diurnal variation of corneal shape and thickness

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 170-180

  Read, Scott A ^a   Collins, Michael J ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Corneal thickness; Corneal topography; Diurnal variation; Posterior cornea

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CHAMBER DEPTH; AXIAL LENGTH; CORNEAL SHAPES; CORNEAL SWELLING; CORNEAL THICKNESS; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; DIURNAL VARIATION; INTRA OCULAR PRESSURE; PACHYMETRY; POSTERIOR CORNEA; SCHEIMPFLUG;

ENGINEERING GEOLOGY;

CURVE FITTING;

ADULT; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER DEPTH; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CORNEA CURVATURE; CORNEA EDEMA; CORNEA THICKNESS; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WAKEFULNESS; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CORNEA; HISTOLOGY; KERATOMETRY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CORNEA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66149104139     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OPX.0b013e3181981b7e     Document Type: Article

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