Experiments on PMMA models to predict the impact of corneal refractive surgery on corneal shape

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 6142-6156

  Dorronsoro, Carlos ^a   Cano, Daniel ^a   Merayo Lloves, Jesús ^b   Marcos, Susana ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ÓPTICA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

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EID: 85010178991     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.006142     Document Type: Article

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