Novel method of assessing delamination of the anterior lens capsule using spectral-domain optical coherence tomography

Clinical Ophthalmology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 945-948

  Tan, Deborah K L ^a   Aung, Tin ^a,b,c   Perera, Shamira A ^a,b  

^a SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Anterior lens capsule; Curvilinear capsulorhexis; Delamination; Exfoliation syndrome; High resolution spectral domain optical coherence tomography

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANTERIOR LENS CAPSULE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATARACT; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IRIDOTOMY; LENS IMPLANTATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SLIT LAMP; SPECTRAL DOMAIN OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; SURGICAL APPROACH; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84863470748     PISSN: 11775467     EISSN: 11775483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/OPTH.S31909     Document Type: Article

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