The effect of the asphericity of myopic laser ablation profiles on the induction of wavefront aberrations

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 2805-2812

  Bühren, Jens ^a,b   Nagy, Lana ^a,c   Yoon, Geunyoung ^a,c   MacRae, Scott ^a,c   Kohnen, Thomas ^b,d   Huxlin, Krystel R ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d CULLEN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE);

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTACT LENS; CORNEAL WAVEFRONT ABERRATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LASER SURGERY; MALE; MYOPIA; OPTICAL DEPTH; OPTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPIL; RETINA IMAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETHRA PRESSURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EXCIMER LASER; KERATOMILEUSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADULT; CORNEAL WAVEFRONT ABERRATION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; LASERS, EXCIMER; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MYOPIA; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE; RETINA;

EID: 77952472630     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.09-4604     Document Type: Article

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