Future directions in non-invasive measurements of tear film surface kinetics

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 749-759

  Szczesna Iskander, Dorota H ^a   Iskander, D Robert ^a  

^a WROCLAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

dry eye; interferometry; tear film break up; tear film build up; tear film kinetics; videokeratoscopy; wavefront sensing

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL DEVICES; DRY EYE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HIGH-SPEED VIDEOKERATOSCOPY; LATERAL SHEARING INTERFEROMETRY; NONINVASIVE MEASUREMENTS; OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT; POSSIBLE FUTURES; TEAR FILMS; VIDEOKERATOSCOPY; WAVE-FRONT SENSING;

LUBRICANTS;

INTERFEROMETRY;

CHEMISTRY; CORNEA; DRY EYE; HUMAN; INTERFEROMETRY; KERATOMETRY; LACRIMAL FLUID; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PATHOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; STANDARD; SURFACE PROPERTY;

CORNEA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INTERFEROMETRY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TEARS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 84861015281     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OPX.0b013e318250192d     Document Type: Review

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