Corneal ablation depth readout of the MEL 80 excimer laser compared to artemis three-dimensional very high-frequency digital ultrasound stromal measurements

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 949-959

  Reinstein, Dan Z ^a,b,c,d,e   Archer, Timothy J ^a   Gobbe, Marine ^a  

^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 CARL ZEISS SMT AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CORNEA STROMA; CORNEA THICKNESS; EXCIMER LASER; HIGH MYOPIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTIVE SURGERY; ULTRASOUND; VERY HIGH FREQUENCY DIGITAL ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; ANEURYSM, FALSE; CORNEAL STROMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; LASERS, EXCIMER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VISUAL ACUITY; WOUND HEALING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650182779     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/1081597X-20100114-02     Document Type: Article

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