Mathematical modeling of retinal birefringence scanning

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

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 2103-2111

  Hunter, David G ^a,b   Sandruck, Julie C ^b   Sau, Soma ^a,b   Patel, Saurabh N ^b   Guyton, David L ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIREFRINGENCE; FORECASTING; HUMAN; LIGHT; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA;

BIREFRINGENCE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; LIGHT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RETINA;

EID: 0033194607     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.16.002103     Document Type: Article

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