Comparison of data from the rostock cornea module of the heidelberg retina tomograph, the oculus pentacam, and the endothelial cell microscope

Cornea

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 314-320

  Rieth, Sven ^a   Engel, Felix ^a   Bühner, Eva ^a   Uhlmann, Susann ^a   Wiedemann, Peter ^a   Foja, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cornea; Corneal thickness; HRT II RCM; In vivo confocal microscopy; Pentacam

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAMERA; CELL DENSITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORNEA THICKNESS; ENDOTHELIAL CELL MICROSCOPE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HEIDELBERG RETINA TOMOGRAPH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSCOPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROSTOCK CORNEA MODULE; SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPY; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; CELL COUNT; CORNEA; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOGRAPHY; REFERENCE VALUES; TOMOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77649141902     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e3181ac9e0d     Document Type: Article

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