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IMBERT-FICK PRINCIPLE [1 record]

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Record 1 1998-10-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Diagnostic Procedures (Medicine)
  • The Eye
CONT

All existing methods to measure [intraocular pressure] either Goldmann tonometers or non-contact "air-puff" tonometers are based on the Imbert-Fick principle, which asserts that the pressure inside a liquid filled sphere can be determined by measuring the force required to flatten the surface of the sphere.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Méthodes diagnostiques (Médecine)
  • Oeil
DEF

[Loi] appliquée à la tonométrie par aplanissement, [selon laquelle] la pression intra-oculaire est égale à la masse du tonomètre (en g) divisée par la surface de l'aire d'aplanissement (en mm²).

OBS

Source MVISI-F : Le nouveau dictionnaire de la vision par Michel Millodot, Médiacom Vision Éditeur, 1997.

Spanish

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