Epithelial thickness after hyperopic LASIK: Three-dimensional display with artemis very high-frequency digital ultrasound

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 555-564

  Reinstein, Dan Z ^a,b,c,d   Archer, Timothy J ^a   Gobbe, Marine ^a   Silverman, Ronald H ^c,e   Coleman, D 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; AGED; ARTEMIS VERY HIGH FREQUENCY DIGITAL ULTRASOUND SYSTEM; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CORNEA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; EXCIMER LASER; EYE REFRACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPERMETROPIA; HYPEROPIC ASTIGMATISM; IN VIVO STUDY; KERATOMETRY; KERATOMILEUSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THICKNESS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ULTRASOUND SCANNER;

ADULT; AGED; ASTIGMATISM; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; HUMANS; HYPEROPIA; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; LASERS, EXCIMER; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; REFRACTION, OCULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 78449242405     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/1081597X-20091105-02     Document Type: Article

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