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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cornea. 2011 Apr;30(4):371–378. doi: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e3181f237ef

Table 3.

Comparison of corneas between human and pig

Human Pig Source (reference)
Diameter (mm)
horizontally 11.7 14.9 (11)
vertically 10.6 12.4
Thickness(μm) (9), (10)
center 536 666
periphery 593 714
Refractive power (Diopter) 43.0 40.4 (10)
Tensile strength (MPa) 3.81 3.70 (104)
Stress-strain α 42.8 39.3 (104)
Pattern* β 2.97 2.97
Stress-relaxation P(x100) 85.6 64.6 (104)
Pattern ** K(-) 0.0165 0.0553
1000s 32.0% 59.2% (106)
*

α is a scale factor

β represents the exponent of the nonlinear relationship between stress and strain

**

P is the value of G (t) at the end of the stress-relaxation test

K is the slope of fitted G (t)-In t line