Regional variations in mechanical strain in the posterior human sclera

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 5326-5333

  Fazio, Massimo A ^a,b   Grytz, Rafael ^a   Bruno, Luigi ^b   Girard, Michael J A ^c   Gardiner, Stuart ^d   Girkin, Christopher A ^e   Downs, J Crawford ^a  

^a DEVERS EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d DEVERS EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERFEROMETRY; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MECHANICAL STRESS; OPTIC NERVE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLERA; UNCERTAINTY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SCLERA; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 84867886260     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.12-9668     Document Type: Article

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