Double-pass and interferometric measures of the optical quality of the eye

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 1994, Pages 3123-3135

  Williams, David R ^a   Brainard, David H ^b   McMahon, Matthew J ^a   Navarro, Rafael ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO DE ÓPTICA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGE QUALITY; INTERFEROMETERS; MODULATION; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION;

DOUBLE-PASS METHODS;

VISION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORNEA; EYE REFRACTION; HUMAN; INTERFEROMETRY; LENS; LIGHT; PHYSIOLOGY; PUPIL; VISION; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION;

ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORNEA; HUMAN; INTERFEROMETRY; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; LIGHT; OCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; PUPIL; REFRACTION, OCULAR; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; VISION;

EID: 0028672039     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.11.003123     Document Type: Article

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