Effects of age on corneal deformation by non-contact tonometry integrated with an ultra-high-speed (UHS) scheimpflug camera

Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 229-232

  Valbon, Bruno Freitas ^a,b   Ambrósio, Renato ^b   Fontes, Bruno Machado ^b   Alves, Milton Ruiz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Rio de Janeiro Corneal Tomography and Biomechanics Study Group   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Age factors; Biomechanics; Cornea; Tonometry, ocular

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CHILD; CORNEA; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OCULOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; CHILD; CORNEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TONOMETRY, OCULAR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84886440338     PISSN: 00042749     EISSN: 16782925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-27492013000400008     Document Type: Article

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