Central corneal thickness measured with three optical devices and ultrasound pachometry

Eye and Contact Lens

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 66-70

  González Pérez, Javier ^a   González Méijome, José Manuel ^a,b   Rodríguez Ares, María Teresa ^c   Parafita, Manuel Ángel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Bland Altman; Central corneal thickness; Orbscan; Pachometry; Pentacam; Specular microscopy; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL CORNEAL THICKNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA THICKNESS; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NORMAL HUMAN; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PACHOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECULAR MICROSCOPY; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ADULT; CORNEA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952283349     PISSN: 15422321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICL.0b013e31820c6ffc     Document Type: Article

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