A clinical method for estimating the modulus of elasticity of the human cornea in vivo

English version

Autoři: David C. Pye ^aff001
Působiště autorů: School of Optometry and Vision Science, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia ^aff001
Vyšlo v časopise: PLoS ONE 15(1)
Kategorie: Research Article
prolekare.web.journal.doi_sk: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0224824

Souhrn

Background

To develop a method, using current clinical instrumentation, to estimate the Young’s modulus of the human cornea in vivo.

Methods

Central corneal curvature (CCC), central corneal thickness(CCT), intraocular pressure (IOP) was measured with the Goldmann tonometer (IOPG) and the Pascal Dynamic Corneal Tonometer(PDCT) in one eye of 100 normal young human subjects (21.07 ± 2.94 years) in vivo. The Orssengo and Pye algorithm was used to calculate the Young’s modulus of the corneas of these subjects.

Results

The Young’s modulus(E) of the corneas of the subjects using the PDCT and IOPG results (Ecalc) was 0.25 ± 0.10MPa, and without the PDCT results (Eiopg) was 0.29 ± 0.06MPa. The difference in these results is due to the difference in tonometry results between the two instruments, as the mean PDCT result for the subjects was 16.89 ± 2.49mmHg and the IOPG result 15.06 ± 2.71mmHg. E was affected by the CCC of the subjects but more particularly by the CCT and IOP measurements. Corneal stiffness results are also presented.

Conclusion

Two methods have been developed to estimate the Young’s modulus of the human cornea in vivo using current clinical instrumentation. One method (Ecalc) is applicable to the general corneal condition, and Eiopg to the normal cornea, and these results can be used to calculate corneal stiffness.

Klíčová slova:

Algorithms – Behavior – Eyes – Instrumentation – Stiffness – Cornea – Intraocular pressure – Eye lens

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