Abstract
Thermokeratoplasty is a procedure utilizing heat to reshape the surface of the cornea through shrinkage of collagen within the stroma. We have constructed an apparatus for measurements of thermally induced corneal shrinkage. Using this apparatus, we have defined the cornea shrinkage rate and examined the relationships between age, shock temperature, and shock temperature duration to the amount of shrinkage on fifteen corneal strips from Eye-Bank eyes. The results show that less heat energy was required to induce shrinkage in older corneas, that acute shrinkage increases with increasing shock temperature and that shrinkage increases with increasing shock temperature duration.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering |
| Editors | Jean-Marie Parel, Karen M. Joos, Pascal O. Rol |
| Pages | 70-76 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| State | Published - Jan 1 1996 |
| Event | Ophthalmic Technologies VI - San Jose, CA, USA Duration: Jan 27 1996 → Jan 28 1996 |
Publication series
| Name | Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering |
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| Volume | 2673 |
Other
| Other | Ophthalmic Technologies VI |
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| City | San Jose, CA, USA |
| Period | 1/27/96 → 1/28/96 |
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ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Computer Science Applications
- Applied Mathematics
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering
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Chang, J., Soderberg, P. G. M. D., Denham, D. B., Lee, W. E., Nose, I., & Parel, J. M. (1996). Temperature-induced corneal shrinkage. In J-M. Parel, K. M. Joos, & P. O. Rol (Eds.), Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering (pp. 70-76). (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 2673).