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. 2011 Jul 25;52(8):5497–5506. doi: 10.1167/iovs.10-7141

Table 1.

Parameters and Their Ranges

Name Units Range
Low High
Intraocular pressure increase* mm Hg 0 10
Internal radius of eye shell mm 9.6 14.4
Scleral shell thickness mm 0.64 0.96
LC anterior surface radius mm 0.76 1.14
Poisson ratio of prelaminar tissue 0.4 0.49
Lamina cribrosa Young's modulus MPa 0.1 0.9
Sclera Young's modulus MPa 1 9
Neural tissue Young's modulus MPa 0.01 0.09

See Figure 2 for factor definitions.

*

The responses were computed with respect to a baseline (reference) intraocular pressure of 5 mm Hg.