Repeatability of layered corneal pachymetry with the artemis very high-frequency digital ultrasound arc-scanner

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 646-659

  Reinstein, Dan Z ^a,b,c,d   Archer, Timothy J ^a   Gobbe, Marine ^a   Silverman, Ronald H ^c,e   Coleman, Jackson ^c  

^a LONDON VISION CLINIC   (United Kingdom)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d CENTRE HOSPITALIER NATIONAL D OPHTALMOLOGIE DES QUINZE VINGTS   (France)

^e RIVERSIDE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORNEA; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA STROMA; CORNEA THICKNESS; CORNEAL PACHYMETRY; HUMAN; KERATOMILEUSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPEAT PROCEDURE; ULTRASOUND SCANNER; VERY HIGH FREQUENCY DIGITAL ULTRASOUND ARC SCANNER; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; ECHOGRAPHY; EXCIMER LASER; INSTRUMENTATION; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHOMETRICS; MYOPIA; PLASTIC SURGERY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADULT; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CORNEA; CORNEAL STROMA; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; HUMANS; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; LASERS, EXCIMER; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SURGICAL FLAPS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957669157     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/1081597X-20091105-01     Document Type: Article

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