Effect of instrument orientation on the accuracy of intraocular pressure measurements in human cadaveric eyes: Manometric evaluation of the model 30 classic pneumatonometer and Tono-Pen XL

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 465-469

  Currie, Benjamin D ^a   Bagga, Harmohina ^a   Rademaker, Alfred W ^a   Tanna, Angelo P ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

intraocular pressure; pneumatonometer; pneumatonometry; Tono Pen; tonometry

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CADAVER; ENUCLEATION; EYE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MANOMETRY; PNEUMATONOMETER; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITTING; SUPINE POSITION; TONOMETER; TONOMETRY;

AGED; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; POSTURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TONOMETRY, OCULAR;

EID: 80053633062     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: 1536481X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IJG.0b013e3181f46324     Document Type: Article

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