Determination of the foveal cone spacing by ocular speckle interferometry: Limiting factors and acuity predictions

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

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 731-740

  Marcos, Susana ^a   Navarro, Rafael ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ÓPTICA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; ERROR ANALYSIS; FREQUENCIES; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; INTERFEROMETRY; OPTICAL CORRELATION; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; OPTICS; SPECKLE;

AVERAGE POWER SPECTRA; FOVEAL CONE SPACING; NYQUIST FREQUENCY; OCULAR SPECKLE INTERFEROMETRY; OPTICAL QUALITY; STILES-CRAWFORD EFFECT; VISUAL ACUITY;

VISION;

ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CYTOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERFEROMETRY; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA CONE; RETINA FOVEA; VISUAL ACUITY;

CELL COUNT; CONES (RETINA); FOVEA CENTRALIS; HUMANS; INTERFEROMETRY; LIGHT; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0031106973     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.14.000731     Document Type: Article

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