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biometer

(baɪˈɒmɪtə)
n
(Physiology) a device for measuring the production of carbon dioxide in functioning tissue
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bi•om•e•ter

(baɪˈɒm ɪ tər)

n.
an instrument for measuring the amount of carbon dioxide given off by an organism, tissue, etc.
[1860–65]
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Lenstar LS 900[R] (Haag-Streit International, Koniz, Switzerland) is an optical biometer using 820 nm superluminescent diode as a source of coaxial infrared rays, has a spectrum range of 20-30 nm and short 30-[micro]m coherence, resulting in high spatial resolution.
This department covers the full spectrum of eye care diagnostic and treatment requirements in an outpatient, complemented by to the state-of-the-art technology and instruments like Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT), Fundus Fluorescein Angiography, Aladdin Biometer with Corneal Topography, Specular Microscopy, visual field perimetry, etc.
CCT, ACD, LT, AL, K1 and K2 keratometry, and WTW measurements were obtained by optical biometer (Haag-Streit LenStar[R] LS 900 Optical Biometer Switzerland) by the same experienced physician (M.U.) for glaucoma cases and control subjects.
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A number of recent myopia control intervention studies have used the IOLMaster 500 optical biometer (Carl Zeiss Meditec, Jena, Germany), which is based on the PCI technique.
Biometry, performed with a Sonomed PacScan 300A biometer, revealed and axial length in our case of 23.5 mm in both eyes.
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A morning mountain view in Davos, Switzerland -- Monika Sleszynska According to the Bovis Biometer places below 6 500 Bovis Units drain energy while anything above gives energy.
He said in the lecture themed "Eating Digital: The Fourth Agricultural Revolution", that one of the tools he and his team have developed in the MIT Media Lab was a biometer, which is a device that can tell what are the contents of a certain plant, including nutrients and chemicals.