Repeatability of intra-ocular pressure and central corneal thickness measurements provided by a non-contact method of tonometry and pachymetry

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 249, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 429-434

  Lomoriello, Domenico Schiano ^a   Lombardo, Marco ^a   Tranchina, Laura ^b   Oddone, Francesco ^a   Serrao, Sebastiano ^c   Ducoli, Pietro ^a  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE BIETTI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c Vision Engineering   (Italy)

Author keywords

Central corneal thickness; Intraocular pressure; Non contact device; Repeatability; Tono pachymeter NT530P

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA THICKNESS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; OCULOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; ULTRASOUND PACHYMETRY; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; CORNEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TONOMETRY, OCULAR;

EID: 79955611374     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-010-1550-3     Document Type: Article

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