title: Depth measurement with the slit-lamp microscope.
abstract: The sagittal distance of ocular structures can be obtained with a slit-lamp microscope providing the movement of the slit-lamp can be measured. A simple device consisting of a pointer attached by a spring clip to the axle of a Haag-Streit 900 slit-lamp is described. The pointer rides over a scale which slides with the slit-lamp. Comparisons of anterior chamber depth and lens thickness showed a high correlation between this optical method and ultrasound measurements.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, University of Iowa Hospital, Iowa City 52242.
authors.forename: E S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Perkins
mesh_terms: D000867:Anterior Chamber / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D006801:Humans; D007908:Lens, Crystalline / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D008853:Microscopy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D009885:Ophthalmology / Q000295:instrumentation*