Department of Ophthalmology, Yale-New Haven Hospital, North Haven, CT 06473, USA.
Eye (Lond). 2012 Jan;26(1):13-6. doi: 10.1038/eye.2011.248. Epub 2011 Oct 21.
'The basis of tonometry by applanation, even of tonometry as a whole, is Fick's law, or Imbert-Fick's law, which actually is a much more accurate name'. It is affirmatively cited solely in the ophthalmic and optometric literature, and in patent applications for new tonometers, but as a law of physics underlying clinical practice, it has been challenged both on theoretical grounds and on empirical, evidence-based, data. As the diagnosis and treatment success of glaucoma are primarily determined by tonometry, it seemed profitable to explore in historical context the genesis of this 'law' that was said to be the basis of the method.
眼压计压平测量的基础，甚至眼压计测量的整体基础，都是菲克定律，或者更准确地说是伊姆伯特-菲克定律。它实际上仅在眼科和视光学文献以及新型眼压计的专利申请中被引用，但作为临床实践的物理定律，它在理论和基于经验的证据数据方面都受到了挑战。由于青光眼的诊断和治疗效果主要取决于眼压计，因此从历史背景出发探索据说该方法基础的这个“定律”的起源似乎是有益的。
