Effects on visual function of approximations of the corneal-ablation profile during refractive surgery

Applied Optics

Volumn 40, Issue 13, 2001, Pages 2200-2205

  Jiménez, José Ramòn ^a   González Anera, Rosario ^a   Jiménez del Barco, Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABERRATIONS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; SURGERY;

REFRACTIVE SURGERY;

LIGHT REFRACTION;

EID: 0000952703     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.40.002200     Document Type: Article

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