The effect of spherical and other aberrations upon the modulation transfer of the defocussed human eye

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 504-513

  Jansonius, N M ^a   Kooijman, A C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; MODULATION TRANSFER FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL DISORDER;

CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; HUMANS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OPTICS; PUPIL;

EID: 0031736542     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0275-5408(98)00022-2     Document Type: Article

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