Automated detection of foveal fixation by use of retinal birefringence scanning

Applied Optics

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1273-1279

  Hunter, David G ^a,b,c   Patel, Saurabh N ^a,c   Guyton, David L ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Biomedical Engineering ^*  (United States)

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EID: 0001730495     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.38.001273     Document Type: Article

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