Determination of the true Intraocular Pressure and Modeulus of Elasticity of the Human Cornea in vivo

摘要

The purpose of this study was to determine the true intraocular pressure and modulus of elasticity of the human cornea in vivo. The cornea was modeled as a shell, and the equations for the deformations of a shell due to aplanating and intraocular pressures were combined to model the behavior of the cornea during applanation tonometry. At certain corneal dimensions called the calibration dimensions, the applanating And intraocular pressures are considered to be equal.