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Data on ultrasound detailed by researchers at University of Padova, Department of Ophthalmology

Published in Medical Imaging Law Weekly, April 24th, 2007

Current study results from the report, "Central corneal thickness: z-ring corneal confocal microscopy versus ultrasound pachymetry," have been published. In this recent report, researchers in Padova, Italy conducted a study "To compare the repeatability and validity of corneal pachymetry by a corneal confocal microscope with a z-axis adapter (Confoscan 4.0 with z-ring adapter: z-CS4) versus ultrasound (US) pachymetry in the measurement of central corneal thickness (CCT). CCT in 44 eyes of 44 subjects was determined with z-CS4."

"Z-CS4 exams were used to estimate the repeatability of thickness measurement by z-ring adapter for this confocal microscope. Intraclass...

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