Repeatability and comparability of corneal thickness measurements obtained from Dual Scheimpflug Analyzer and from ultrasonic pachymetry

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 251, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1855-1860

  Al Mohtaseb, Zaina N ^a   Wang, Li ^a   Weikert, Mitchell P ^a,b  

^a CULLEN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Central corneal thickness; Galilei Dual Scheimpflug analyzer; Normal and post refractive surgery eyes; Repeatability and comparability; Ultrasonic pachymetry

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANALYZER; ARTICLE; CENTRAL CORNEAL THICKNESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEAL PACHYMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MEASUREMENT REPEATABILITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REFRACTIVE SURGERY; RELIABILITY; ULTRASOUND; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

ADULT; CORNEA; CORNEAL PACHYMETRY; CORNEAL SURGERY, LASER; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; LASERS, EXCIMER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; ORGAN SIZE; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879212327     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: 1435702X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-013-2280-0     Document Type: Article

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