A quantitative ultrasonic spectroscopy method for noninvasive determination of corneal biomechanical properties

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 5148-5154

  He, Xiaoyin ^a   Liu, Jun ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DENSITY; ENUCLEATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPECTROSCOPY; SWINE; THICKNESS; VALIDITY;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CORNEA; ELASTIC TISSUE; ELASTICITY; MICROSCOPY, ACOUSTIC; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SWINE;

EID: 77953801568     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.09-3439     Document Type: Article

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