An improved spinning lens test to determine the stiffness of the human lens

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 28-39

  Burd, H J ^a   Wilde, G S ^a   Judge, S J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Finite element; Lens; Presbyopia; Stiffness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGING SYSTEM; LENS; LENS DISEASE; MODEL; PRESBYOPIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; RIGIDITY; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; VISUAL ORIENTATION;

ADULT; AGING; ELASTICITY; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; EYE BANKS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; PRESBYOPIA; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 78650538877     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2010.10.010     Document Type: Article

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