Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 35, Issue 4 , Pages 650-662 , April 2009

Comparison of ray-tracing method and thin-lens formula in intraocular lens power calculations

Received 29 May 2008 ,Revised 5 December 2008 ,Accepted 17 December 2008.

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

 Presented in part at the 22. Kongress der Deutschsprachige Gesellschaft für Intraokularlinsen-Implantation, Interventionelle und Refraktive Chirurgie, Heidelberg, Germany, February 2008, and the 21. Internationaler Kongress der Deutschen Ophthalmochirugen, Nuremberg, Germany, June 2008.

PII: S0886-3350(09)00057-1

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2008.12.015

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 35, Issue 4 , Pages 650-662 , April 2009

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