Morphological Features Among Gaussian, Sagittal, and Tangential Curvature Maps in Normal and Keratoconus Eyes Using

Virgilio Galvis1, Nicolás Carrillo, César A Hernández

  • 1Centro Oftalmológico Virgilio Galvis (V.G., C.A.H., A.T.), Floridablanca, Colombia; Fundación Oftalmológica de Santander FOSCAL (V.G., A.T.), Floridablanca, Colombia; Universidad Autónoma de Bucaramanga UNAB (V.G., N.C., J.M.G., A.T.), Bucaramanga, Colombia; Universidad Industrial de Santander UIS (A.T.), Bucaramanga, Colombia; and Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (M.S.), Bogotá, Colombia.

Eye & Contact Lens
|October 8, 2024
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