Imaging of the cornea: topography vs tomography

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 847-849

  Ambrósio Jr , Renato ^a   Belin, Michael W ^b  

^a Instituto de Olhos Renato Ambrosio   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORNEA CURVATURE; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA THICKNESS; DEVICE; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; KERATOMETRY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY;

CORNEA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; HUMANS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 78449259078     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/1081597X-20101006-01     Document Type: Editorial

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