Identification of biomechanical properties of the cornea: The ocular response analyzer

Current Eye Research

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 553-562

  Terai, Naim ^a   Raiskup, Frederik ^a   Haustein, Michael ^a   Pillunat, Lutz E ^a   Spoerl, Eberhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Cornea; Corneal hysteresis (CH); Corneal resistance factor (CRF); Glaucoma; Ocular Response Analyzer (ORA)

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANALYZER; BIOMECHANICS; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CENTRAL CORNEAL THICKNESS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CORNEA; CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CORNEA EDEMA; CORNEAL COLLAGEN CROSSLINKING; CORNEAL HYSTERESIS; CORNEAL RESISTANT FACTOR; CORNEAL SWELLING; CROSS LINKING; DIABETES MELLITUS; GEOMETRY; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMILEUSIS; KERATOPATHY; MARFAN SYNDROME; MEASUREMENT; MUCOPOLYSACCHARIDOSIS; MYOPIA; OCULAR RESPONSE ANALYZER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTIVE SURGERY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SHEAR STRESS; SHORT SURVEY; SWELLING; TEAR FILM; THICKNESS; TOPICAL ANESTHESIA; VISCOELASTICITY; VITRECTOMY;

BIOMECHANICS; CORNEA; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; ELASTICITY; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; ORGAN SIZE; REFRACTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TEARS;

EID: 84862183066     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: 14602202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02713683.2012.669007     Document Type: Short Survey

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