Contact Lens & Anterior Eye
Volume 33, Issue 1 , Pages 3-8 , February 2010

The reproducibility of a new power mapping instrument based on the phase shifting schlieren method for the measurement of spherical and toric contact lenses

  • Luc Joannes

      Affiliations

    • Lambda-X s.a., Rue de l’industrie 37, B-1400 Nivelles, Belgium
    • Tel.: +32 67794080; fax: +32 67552791.
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  • Tony Hough

      Affiliations

    • CLS Software Ltd., Research & Development, 4 Otter Way, Eaton Socon, St Neots, Cambs PE19 8LB, United Kingdom
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44 1480475742.
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  • Xavier Hutsebaut

      Affiliations

    • CLS Software Ltd., Research & Development, 4 Otter Way, Eaton Socon, St Neots, Cambs PE19 8LB, United Kingdom
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  • Xavier Dubois

      Affiliations

    • CLS Software Ltd., Research & Development, 4 Otter Way, Eaton Socon, St Neots, Cambs PE19 8LB, United Kingdom
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  • Renaud Ligot

      Affiliations

    • CLS Software Ltd., Research & Development, 4 Otter Way, Eaton Socon, St Neots, Cambs PE19 8LB, United Kingdom
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  • Bruno Saoul

      Affiliations

    • CLS Software Ltd., Research & Development, 4 Otter Way, Eaton Socon, St Neots, Cambs PE19 8LB, United Kingdom
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  • Philip Van Donink

      Affiliations

    • CLS Software Ltd., Research & Development, 4 Otter Way, Eaton Socon, St Neots, Cambs PE19 8LB, United Kingdom
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  • Kris De Coninck

      Affiliations

    • CLS Software Ltd., Research & Development, 4 Otter Way, Eaton Socon, St Neots, Cambs PE19 8LB, United Kingdom

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PII: S1367-0484(09)00152-0

doi: 10.1016/j.clae.2009.11.001

Contact Lens & Anterior Eye
Volume 33, Issue 1 , Pages 3-8 , February 2010