TY  - JOUR
A1  - ,  
T1  - Human corneal thickness using a noncontact specular microscope
JO  - Eur. J. Anat.
SN  - 1136-4890
Y1  - 2003
VL  - 7
SP  - 117
EP  - 120
UR  - http://www.eurjanat.com/web/paper.php?id=03030117
KW  - adult
KW  - age
KW  - article
KW  - cornea thickness
KW  - female
KW  - human
KW  - hypermetropia
KW  - in vivo study
KW  - male
KW  - microscope
KW  - myopia
KW  - normal human
KW  - observer variation
KW  - physician
KW  - recording
KW  - specular microscopy
N2  - The aim of this work was to study the central corneal thickness values and interobserver variability using a noncontact specular microscope. Methods: 62 eyes from 31 healthy subjects were studied with the Topcon SP-2000P noncontact specular microscope (Topcon Corp., Tokyo, Japan). 16 (51.61%) were females, and 15 (48.38%) were males. The mean age of the sample was 31.83±5.68 years. The mean of three consecutive measurements of the central corneal thickness was recorded by two investigators. Results: Mean central corneal thickness was 497±53 ?m for physician I and 497±51 ?m for physician II (p=0.982). No significant differences were found between the left and right corneas (p=0.999), between females and males (p=0.756), between ? 29-years-olds and ? 30-years-olds (p=0.945) or between myopic and hyperopic eyes (p=0.994). Conclusion: Noncontact specular microscopy is a recently introduced anatomical tool that can be used to study the human cornea in vivo.
ER  -