Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 34, Issue 5 , Pages 727-734 , May 2008

Repeatability of corneal first-surface wavefront aberrations measured with Pentacam corneal topography

,Accepted 28 November 2007.

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 No author has a financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.

 Supported by the National Health and Medical Research Council (Canberra, Australia) Career Development Award 426765 (Dr. Pesudovs).

PII: S0886-3350(08)00215-0

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2007.11.056

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 34, Issue 5 , Pages 727-734 , May 2008