Advances in anterior segment imaging and analysis

Current Opinion in Ophthalmology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 324-332

  Salomão, Marcella Q ^a   Esposito, Andrew ^a   Dupps Jr , William J ^a,b  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior segment imaging; Cornea; Optical coherence tomography; Refractive surgery; Topography

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT IMAGING; BIOMICROSCOPY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; IMAGING; IMAGING SYSTEM; KERATOMILEUSIS; LASER EPITHELIAL KERATOMILEUSIS; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SECOND HARMONIC IMAGING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; REFRACTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 67651022236     PISSN: 10408738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICU.0b013e32832c3be7     Document Type: Review

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