Application of a Novel Interferometric Method to Investigate the Relation between Lipid Layer Thickness and Tear Film Thinning | Zendy

P. Ewen KingSmith | Zendy; Erich A. Hinel | Zendy; Jason J. Nichols | Zendy

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Application of a Novel Interferometric Method to Investigate the Relation between Lipid Layer Thickness and Tear Film Thinning

Author(s) -

P. Ewen KingSmith,

Erich A. Hinel,

Jason J. Nichols

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

investigative ophthalmology and visual science

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.935

H-Index - 218

eISSN - 1552-5783

pISSN - 0146-0404

DOI - 10.1167/iovs.09-4387

Subject(s) - thinning , repeatability , drop (telecommunication) , materials science , breakup , optics , emulsion , shear thinning , interferometry , eye drop , chemistry , ophthalmology , composite material , analytical chemistry (journal) , biomedical engineering , chromatography , rheology , medicine , psychology , ecology , telecommunications , biochemistry , physics , computer science , psychoanalysis , biology

The lipid layer of the tear film forms a barrier to evaporation. Evaporation is a major cause of tear thinning between blinks and tear breakup. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relation between tear film thinning and lipid layer thickness before and after instillation of an emulsion eye drop.

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