Determination of corneal volume from anterior topography and topographic pachymetry: Application to healthy and keratoconic eyes

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 652-660

  Cerviño, Alejandro ^a   Gonzalez Meijome, Jose M ^b   Ferrer Blasco, Teresa ^a   Garcia Resua, Carlos ^c   Montes Mico, Robert ^a   Parafita, Manuel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Corneal pachymetry; Corneal topography; Corneal volume; Posterior corneal surface; Posterior keratoconus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CASE REPORT; CORNEA; CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CORNEA THICKNESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMETRY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PACHOMETRY; PACHYMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOLUMETRY;

CORNEA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349972238     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: 14751313     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-1313.2009.00642.x     Document Type: Article

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