Wavelength optimization in femtosecond laser corneal surgery

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 3340-3349

  Crotti, Caroline ^a   Deloison, Florent ^a,d   Alahyane, Fatima ^a   Aptel, Florent ^b   Kowalczuk, Laura ^a   Legeais, Jean Marc ^c   Peyrot, Donald A ^a   Savoldelli, Michèle ^c   Plamann, Karsten ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE D OPTIQUE APPLIQUÉE   (France)

^b HÔPITAL MICHALLON   (France)

^c HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

^d Alphanov   (France)

Author keywords

Cornea; Keratoplasty; Laser; Surgery; Transparency

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORNEA SURGERY; FEMTOSECOND LASER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LENS; MICROSCOPY; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WAVELENGTH OPTIMIZATION;

CORNEA; KERATOPLASTY; LASER; SURGERY; TRANSPARENCY;

CORNEAL STROMA; CORNEAL SURGERY, LASER; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; HUMANS; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; LASERS, EXCIMER; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; TISSUE DONORS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84877639380     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.12-10694     Document Type: Article

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