Reliability of RTVue, visante, and slit-lamp adapted ultrasonic pachymetry for central corneal thickness measurement

Yonsei Medical Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 634-641

  Hong, Jin Pyo ^a   Nam, Sang Min ^b   Kim, Tae Im ^a   Seo, Kyoung Yul ^a   Lee, Sang Yeop ^a   Meduri, Alessandro ^c   Kim, Eung Kweon ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b CHA University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Central corneal thickness; Optical coherence tomography; Reliability; Ultrasonic pachymetry

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CORNEA THICKNESS; FEMALE; FOURIER DOMAIN OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; RELIABILITY; REPEAT PROCEDURE; SLIT LAMP; SLIT LAMP ADAPTED ULTRASONIC PACHYMETRY; TIME DOMAIN OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; TONOMETRY;

ADULT; CORNEA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 84859764532     PISSN: 05135796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3349/ymj.2012.53.3.634     Document Type: Article

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