Dr. Rhee answers the question: 'What Is Tonometry?' Aug. 24, 2009— -- Question: What is tonometry and how is it used to diagnose glaucoma? Answer: Tonometry refers to the technique of measuring ...

To establish the reliability, efficacy, and safety of disposable prism tonometry and validate its routine use for screening as well as monitoring of glaucoma. Intraocular pressure (IOP) of 400 eyes of ...

FLORENCE – Repeated measurements of IOP in patients with glaucoma or ocular hypertension may not yield results as accurate as a good initial measurement, according to a study presented here. Dan D.

Table 2: Overview of the Cook et al. (2012) systematic review Table 3: Overview of the Avitabile et al. (2010) study Table 4: Overview of the Dahlmann‑Noor et al. (2013) study Table 5: Overview of the ...

Schiotz tonometer: Measures the eye pressure by virtue of the needle reading on a scale while the tonometer is placed on the black part of your eye. The eye is first anesthetized and the patient is ...

Calculating preliminary IOP using a smartphone-based tonometer yielded similar results compared with other tonometers, according to findings published in the British Journal of Ophthalmology.

Asrani S, Chatterjee A, Wallace DK et al. (2011) Evaluation of the ICare rebound tonometer as a home intraocular pressure monitoring device. Journal of Glaucoma 20: 74–9 Avitabile T, Longo A, Rocca D ...