A novel on-eye wettability analyzer for soft contact lenses

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 88, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Haddad, Mera ^a   Morgan, Philip B ^a   Kelly, Jeremiah M F ^a   Maldonado Codina, Carole ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contact lens; hydrogel; in vivo; spreading; wettability

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PARAMETERS; CLINICAL SITUATIONS; DIGITAL SYSTEM; HYDROGEL CONTACT LENS; IN VIVO; LENS SURFACE; LIQUID SPREADING; MEASUREMENT CONDITIONS; NOVEL METHODOLOGY; SODIUM HYALURONATE; SOFT CONTACT LENS; SPREADING; STANDARD DEVIATION; TEAR FILMS; TWO PARAMETER;

CONTACT ANGLE; HYDROGELS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIQUIDS; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; SODIUM; STATISTICS; WETTING;

CONTACT LENSES;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EYE; HUMAN; HYDROPHILIC CONTACT LENS; INSTRUMENTATION; MATERIALS TESTING; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; SURFACE PROPERTY; SURFACE TENSION; WETTABILITY;

CONTACT LENSES, HYDROPHILIC; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EYE; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE TENSION; WETTABILITY;

EID: 80053375206     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OPX.0b013e318227e30d     Document Type: Article

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