In vivo measurements of thermal load during ablation in high-speed laser corneal refractive surgery

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 53-58

  De Ortueta, Diego ^a   Magnago, Thomas ^b   Triefenbach, Nico ^b   Arba Mosquera, Samuel ^b   Sauer, Udo ^c   Brunsmann, Ulrich ^c  

^a Aurelios Augenzentrum Recklinghausen   (Germany)

^b SCHWIND eye tech solutions   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES ASCHAFFENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORNEA; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; INFRARED PHOTOGRAPHY; LASER; LASER SURGERY; MEASUREMENT; MYOPIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTIVE SURGERY; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL LOAD;

BODY TEMPERATURE; CORNEA; CORNEAL STROMA; HUMANS; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; LASERS, EXCIMER; MYOPIA; SURGICAL FLAPS; THERMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84856090863     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: 19382391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/1081597X-20110906-01     Document Type: Article

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