The effect of keratoconus on the structural, mechanical, and optical properties of the cornea

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 223-236

  Ambekar, Raghu ^a   Toussaint, Kimani C ^a   Wagoner Johnson, Amy ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

Collagen cross linking; Keratoconus; Mechanical properties; Optical properties; Second harmonic generation imaging

Indexed keywords

INTRA OCULAR PRESSURE; KERATOCONUS; MECHANICAL ENGINEERS; OPTICAL ENGINEERS; SECOND-HARMONIC GENERATION IMAGING; TWO-PHOTON EXCITATIONS;

COLLAGEN; ENGINEERS; HARMONIC GENERATION; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES;

OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

BIOMECHANICS; CONTACT LENS; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; KERATOCONUS; KERATOPLASTY; PHOTON THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION; VISUAL DISORDER;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CORNEA; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; MECHANICAL PROCESSES; OPTICAL PROCESSES;

EID: 79751527296     PISSN: 17516161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2010.09.014     Document Type: Review

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