Patient-specific finite-element simulation of the human cornea: A clinical validation study on cataract surgery

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 751-758

  Studer, Harald P ^a   Riedwyl, Hansjörg ^b   Amstutz, Christoph A ^c   Hanson, James V M ^c   Büchler, Philippe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Integrated Scientific Services Port   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Analysis; Biomechanics; Cornea; Finite element; Patient specific; Validation

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS; CORNEA; FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATIONS; PATIENT SPECIFIC; PATIENT-SPECIFIC FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; SURGICAL INTERVENTIONS; TOPOGRAPHY MEASUREMENT; VALIDATION;

BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAGNOSTIC PRODUCTS; FORECASTING; NUMERICAL MODELS; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; SURGERY; TOPOGRAPHY;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CAMERA; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORNEA; ERROR; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY; PACHYMETRY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; TOPOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICS; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORNEA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFRACTION, OCULAR; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84879881160     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2012.11.018     Document Type: Article

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