Between-grader repeatability of tear meniscus measurements using fourier-domain OCT in patients with dry eye

Ophthalmic Surgery Lasers and Imaging

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 423-427

  Tittler, Ethan H ^a   Bujak, Matthew C ^b,c   Nguyen, Pho ^c   Zhang, Xinbo ^c   Li, Yan ^c   Yiu, Samuel C ^c   Huang, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c DOHENY EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER; DRY EYE; EYELID; EYELID REFLEX; HEIGHT; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEAR FILM;

DRY EYE SYNDROMES; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TEARS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 80053210072     PISSN: 15428877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/15428877-20110812-05     Document Type: Article

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