Sources of error with use of Goldmann-type tonometers

MM Whitacre, R Stein - Survey of ophthalmology, 1993 - Elsevier
There are many sources of error in the use of Goldmann-type applanation tonometers. In
clinically normal corneas hypofluorescence of the precorneal tear film, accommodation, the …

EFFECTS OF ARTIFICIAL INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE ELEVATION ON THE CORNEAL ENDOTHELIUM IN THE VERVET MONKEY: (Cercopithecus ethiops)

B SVEDBERGH - Acta ophthalmologica, 1975 - Wiley Online Library
Both eyes of anesthetized vervet monkeys were perfused with mock aqueous humor for 3–7
hours. By adjusting the height of a reservoir connected to the anterior chamber of each eye …

The stress-strain behavior of the corneoscleral envelope of the eye I. Development of a system for making in vivo measurements using optical interferometry

RF Brubaker, S Ezekiel, L Chin, L Young… - Experimental Eye …, 1975 - Elsevier
A system is described which is capable of measuring small changes in corneoscleral
dimensions of eyes under varying conditions of intraocular pressure stress in vivo. The …

RECORDINGS OF APPLANATING FORCE AT CONSTANT INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE: V. Intraocular volume changes due to changes in the content of aqueous …

W Thorburn - Acta Ophthalmologica, 1973 - Wiley Online Library
Facility of outflow of aqueous humour estimated at two Pt‐levels suggests a pressure‐
dependence within the eye with a lower facility of outflow at a higher pressure level. A rise in …

Experimental tonography on enucleated human eyes. I. The validity of Grant's tonography formula.

J Hetland-Eriksen, T Odberg - Investigative Ophthalmology & …, 1975 - iovs.arvojournals.org
When newer tables for parameters in Grant's formula for tonography are used, one obtains
far higher values for the outflow facility than those generally accepted. The aim of this …

An electrical model of the human eye: II. The model and the eye during tonography

M Shepherd, EH McBain… - … Ophthalmology & Visual …, 1967 - iovs.arvojournals.org
A basic electrical model of the eye can be distorted analogously to the distortion of an eye
when a tonometer is placed upon it. It may then be caused to match a clinical tonogram by …

Biomechanical instrumentation in refractive surgery

FA Guarnieri, A Guzmán - Corneal Biomechanics and Refractive Surgery, 2014 - Springer
The determination of the intraocular pressure by means of instruments is still a developing
science. Several physical properties and mechanisms affect this measure due to the corneal …

A comparison of tonographic-trace simulations achieved by two systems: nonlinear elastic and linear viscoelastic

CJ Swigert, MH Shepherd, CS Lyon… - IEEE Transactions on …, 1971 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Twenty normal clinical tonographic traces were averaged and compared at 10-s intervals by
means of two systems: 1) the decay curves of a linear viscoelastic mathematical model …

Integral solution of the formula for facility of outflow

WK McEwen, CS Lyon, MD Shepherd… - … & Visual Science, 1969 - iovs.arvojournals.org
Integral solution of the classical formula for facility of outflow is in essential agreement with
the current tables except in the normal and higher ranges. Polynomial equations equivalent …

RECORDINGS OF APPLANATING FORCE AT CONSTANT INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE: III. Intraocular volume‐pressure relationship studied in intact human eyes

W THORBURN - Acta Ophthalmologica, 1973 - Wiley Online Library
Displaced volumes plotted against three intraocular pressure levels are used for the
calculation of a regression line, the slope of which represents a linear volume‐pressure …