REFRACTIVE INDEX OF THE CORNEA AS A FUNCTION OF ITS THICKNESS

1 May 1973

journal article
research article
Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Optometry and Vision Science

Vol. 50 (5) , 383-386
https://doi.org/10.1097/00006324-197305000-00003

Abstract

This paper analyzes the relationship between corneal thickness and corneal refractive index. A refractive index change of the cornea when it thickens within the clinically observed range does not lead to a significant error in the corneal thickness measurement made by pachometry.

Keywords

FUNCTION
THICKNESS
MADE
THICKENS
PACHOMETRY
REFRACTIVE INDEX
CORNEAL
PAPER ANALYZES

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