Subjective depth-of-focus of the eye

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 74, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 511-520

  Atchison, David A ^a   Charman, W Neil ^b   Woods, Russell L ^c  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amplitude of accommodation; Depth of focus; Pupil size; Refraction

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; FOCUSING; LIGHT MEASUREMENT; LIGHT REFRACTION;

OPTICAL ACCOMMODATION; OPTIMAL IN FOCUS IMAGE;

VISION;

ACCOMMODATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; EYE MOVEMENT; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; VISION;

ACCOMMODATION, OCULAR; ADULT; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PUPIL; REFRACTION, OCULAR; VISION TESTS;

EID: 0031194715     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006324-199707000-00019     Document Type: Article

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