Epithelial, Stromal, and Corneal Pachymetry Changes during Orthokeratology

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 86, Issue 8, 2009, Pages E1006-E1014

  Reinstein, Dan Z ^a   Gobbe, Marine ^a   Archer, Timothy J ^a   Couch, Darren ^a   Bloom, Basil ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Artemis VHF digital ultrasound; Epithelial thickness profile; Orthokeratology; Stromal thickness profile

Indexed keywords

ARTEMIS; ARTEMIS VHF DIGITAL ULTRASOUND; CASE REPORTS; CONTACT LENS WEAR; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CORNEAL THICKNESS; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; EPITHELIAL THICKNESS; EPITHELIAL THICKNESS PROFILE; FRONT SURFACES; HIGHER ORDER; IN-VIVO; ORTHOKERATOLOGY; PACHYMETRY; REFRACTIVE CHANGE; STROMAL THICKNESS PROFILE; ULTRASOUND SCANNING; VERY HIGH FREQUENCY;

ABERRATIONS; ACOUSTIC WAVES; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; PATIENT TREATMENT; REFRACTION; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONICS;

CONTACT LENSES;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA STROMA; ECHOGRAPHY; EYE REFRACTION; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; KERATOMETRY; MALE; MYOPIA; ORTHOKERATOLOGY; PACHYMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTACLES; SURFACE PROPERTY; THICKNESS; VISION;

CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CORNEA; CORNEAL STROMA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; HUMANS; MALE; MYOPIA; ORTHOKERATOLOGIC PROCEDURES; REFRACTION, OCULAR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350108665     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: 15389235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OPX.0b013e3181b18219     Document Type: Article

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