Comparison of corneal elevation and pachymetry measurements made by two state of the art corneal tomographers with different measurement principles.

Pentacam AXL offered the better (corrected) repeatability for anterior corneal elevation measurements. CASIA 2 offered better repeatability for the pachymetry measurements. The tomographers could not be used interchangeably. The central corneal thickness was measured 9 μm ± 3 μm larger when measured with Pentacam AXL compared to CASIA 2.