tonography

Indications

• increased intraocular pressure
  • glaucoma

Procedure

• recording intraocular pressure over an extended time period
• tonography indirectly measures the intraocular pressure by determining the amount of force required to cause an indentation or displacement on the eye
• this force is relational to the resistance, hence pressure, within the eye

More general terms

• clinical procedure

More specific terms

• tonography with water provocation

Additional terms

• tonometry