Biomechanical and refractive behaviors of keratoconic cornea based on three-dimensional anisotropic hyperelastic models

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 282-290

  Han, Zhaolong ^a   Sui, Xiaohong ^a   Zhou, Dai ^a   Zhou, Chuanqing ^a   Ren, Qiushi ^b  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; KERATOCONUS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION INDEX; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANISOTROPY; BIOMECHANICS; CORNEA; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; KERATOCONUS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PLIABILITY; REFRACTION, OCULAR;

EID: 84875991922     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: 19382391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/1081597X-20130318-08     Document Type: Article

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