Stress free configuration of the human eye

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 211-216

  Elsheikh, Ahmed ^a   Whitford, Charles ^a   Hamarashid, Rosti ^a   Kassem, Wael ^b   Joda, Akram ^a   Büchler, Philippe ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b MINIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cornea; Numerical simulation; Ocular biomechanics; Sclera; Unstressed form

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE ERRORS; CORNEA; ERROR LEVELS; EYE MODEL; HUMAN EYE; IN-VIVO; INTRA OCULAR PRESSURE; ITERATIVE TECHNIQUE; MAXIMAL ERROR; NODE LOCATION; OCULAR BIOMECHANICS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PARAMETRIC STUDY; PRE-PROCESSING STEP; SCLERA; STRESS FREE; STRESS STATE; UNSTRESSED-FORM;

BIOMECHANICS; SOFTWARE PACKAGES; TOPOGRAPHY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORNEA; CORNEA THICKNESS; CORNEA TOPOGRAPHER; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; KERATOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; OPHTHALMOLOGICAL EQUIPMENT; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PARAMETRIC TEST; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DESIGN; PROCESS TECHNOLOGY; STRESS FREE CONFIGURATION; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

EYE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; OPHTHALMOLOGY; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 84872290771     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: 18734030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2012.09.006     Document Type: Article

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