Evaluation of a new method for the measurement of corneal thickness in eye bank posterior corneal lenticules using anterior segment optical coherence tomography

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 580-584

  Amato, Domenico ^a   Lombardo, Marco ^a   Oddone, Francesco ^a   Nubile, Mario ^b   Colabelli Gisoldi, Rossella A M ^c   Villani, Carlo M ^c   Yoo, Sonia ^d   Parel, Jean Marie ^d   Pocobelli, Augusto ^c  

^a Eye Bank of Rome   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^c S Giovanni Addolorata Calvary Hosp   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR SEGMENT OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA THICKNESS; ECHOOCULOGRAPHY; EYEBANK; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; ORGAN DONOR; PACHOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; CORNEA; EYE BANKS; HUMANS; ITALY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 79952988115     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2010.190595     Document Type: Article

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