Translating ocular biomechanics into clinical practice: Current state and future prospects

Current Eye Research

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-18

  Girard, Michaël J A ^a,b   Dupps, William J ^c   Baskaran, Mani ^b   Scarcelli, Giuliano ^d   Yun, Seok H ^d   Quigley, Harry A ^e   Sigal, Ian A ^f,g   Strouthidis, Nicholas G ^b,h  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

^h MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brillouin microscopy; Intraocular pressure; Ocular biomechanics; Ophthalmic pathologies; Optical coherence tomography; Personalised medicine; Translational biomechanics

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CORNEA DISEASE; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; IRIS; LENS; LENS CAPSULE; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRESBYOPIA; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; REFRACTION ERROR; REVIEW; SCLERA; TRABECULAR MESHWORK; VITREOUS BODY; ANIMAL; ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; OPTIC DISK; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH;

ANIMALS; ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; OPTIC DISK; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84917743484     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: 14602202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02713683.2014.914543     Document Type: Review

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