Acta Med. 2015, 58: 92-97

https://doi.org/10.14712/18059694.2015.99

Non-Invasive Ocular Rigidity Measurement: A Differential Tonometry Approach

Efstathios T. Detorakisa,b, Emmanuela Tsagliotib, George Kymionisa,b

aDepartment of Ophthalmology, University Hospital of Heraklion, Greece
bInstitute of Vision and Optics, University of Crete, Greece

Received May 17, 2015
Accepted August 22, 2015

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