Purpose: Comparing the optical coherence tomography (OCT) pachymetry patterns in keratoconus suspect and normal people Methods: Thirty-two keratoconus suspects and 36 healthy eyes were selected within the age range of 20-30 yrs. Their pachymetry pattern was obtained through OCT Visante in the minimum thickness spot, upper and lower corneal difference (I-S), lower temporal, and upper nasal thick...

ultrasonic machining (usm) is a mechanical material removal process used to erode holes and cavities in hard or brittle work pieces by using shaped tools, high-frequency and an abrasive slurry. this paper addresses the concept and development of an expert system (es) for hard and brittle material, such as glass, quartz, diamond, carbides, semi conducting materials, ceramic and graphite which ca...

purpose: to compare orbscan ii (o ii) and ultrasound (us) pachymetry in normal and post-lasik eyes. methods: in a comparative prospective study, central corneal thickness (cct) was measured in 168 eyes of 84 normal subjects and 42 eyes without corneal opacity of 21 post-lasik patients by o ii and us. paired t test was used to identify significant differences between the two methods and pearson ...

We examined prospectively 60 healthy volunteers to evaluate if the accuracy of central corneal thickness (CCT) measurement is influenced by Goldmann applanation tonometry (GAT) and vice versa. The sequence of the examinations in the right eye was CCT--GAT--CCT, in the left eye GAT--CCT--GAT and the measurements were done consecutively. Two tonometry and five pachymetry measurements were average...

Background and Objective. Evaluation of agreement, repeatability, and reproducibility of central and minimal corneal thickness (CCT and MCT) measurements obtained by SOCT, the Scheimpflug system, and ultrasound pachymetry. Materials and Methods. 28 eyes of healthy patients were enrolled. Pachymetry measurements were performed with SOCT, the Scheimpflug system, and ultrasound instrument. Each me...

OBJECTIVE To examine the effect of travel distance and other sociodemographic factors on access to a diagnosing provider for patients with melanoma. DESIGN Analysis was performed of all incident cases of melanoma in 2000 from 42 North Carolina counties. SETTING Academic research. PARTICIPANTS Patients and providers from 42 North Carolina counties were geocoded to street address. MAIN OU...

PURPOSE To assess the correlation between keratoconus severity and intereye asymmetry of pachymetric data and posterior elevation values and to evaluate their combined accuracy in discriminating normal corneas from those with keratoconus. METHODS This study included 97 patients: 65 subjects with bilateral normal corneas (NC) and 32 with keratoconus (KC). Central corneal thickness (CCT), thinn...

PURPOSE To assess the repeatability and reproducibility of central corneal thickness (CCT) measurements obtained by combined scanning-slit/Placido-disc topography (Orbscan II; Bausch & Lomb, Rochester, NY) after laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) and to compare the results with another noncontact method, specular microscopy (SP-2000P; Topcon, Tokyo, Japan). METHODS To analyze intrasession r...

PURPOSE To access the reliability of corneal thickness measurements by Orbscan II and ultrasound pachymeter. METHODS A retrospective study of 134 eyes from 67 normal subjects between January and June 2001 was obtained. Sex, age, visual acuity, refractive error and corneal thickness measurements by Orbscan II and ultrasound pachymetry were evaluated. All results were analyzed by the paired t t...