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Measurement of posterior corneal surface toricity. 1990

J M Royston, and M C Dunne, and D A Barnes
Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics Research Group, Aston University, Birmingham, United Kingdom.

We describe a method in which posterior corneal surface toricity can be determined by photographing catoptric (Purkinje) images in three fixed meridians simultaneously using infrared light sources. Keratometry, the comparison of anterior and posterior corneal catoptric (Purkinje) images and pachometric results, are applied to three meridional analysis equations, allowing the posterior corneal surface to be described in spherocylindrical form. The technique is evaluated on five subjects with anterior corneal radii varying from 7.11 to 8.52 mm.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D010781 Photography Method of making images on a sensitized surface by exposure to light or other radiant energy. Photographies
D012029 Refraction, Ocular Refraction of LIGHT effected by the media of the EYE. Ocular Refraction,Ocular Refractions,Refractions, Ocular
D003315 Cornea The transparent anterior portion of the fibrous coat of the eye consisting of five layers: stratified squamous CORNEAL EPITHELIUM; BOWMAN MEMBRANE; CORNEAL STROMA; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; and mesenchymal CORNEAL ENDOTHELIUM. It serves as the first refracting medium of the eye. It is structurally continuous with the SCLERA, avascular, receiving its nourishment by permeation through spaces between the lamellae, and is innervated by the ophthalmic division of the TRIGEMINAL NERVE via the ciliary nerves and those of the surrounding conjunctiva which together form plexuses. (Cline et al., Dictionary of Visual Science, 4th ed) Corneas
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D014785 Vision, Ocular The process in which light signals are transformed by the PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS into electrical signals which can then be transmitted to the brain. Vision,Light Signal Transduction, Visual,Ocular Vision,Visual Light Signal Transduction,Visual Phototransduction,Visual Transduction,Phototransduction, Visual,Transduction, Visual

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