Spherical and irregular aberrations are important for the optimal performance of the human eye

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 103-112

  Nio, Y K ^a,b,e   Jansonius, N M ^a,b   Fidler, V ^a   Geraghty, E ^c   Norrby, S ^c   Kooijman, A C ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c Pharmacia   (Netherlands)

^d Visio National Foundation for the Blind   (Netherlands)

^e NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adaptive optics; Contrast sensitivity; Modulation transfer; Monochromatic aberrations; Refractive surgery; Spatial vision

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EYE MOVEMENT CONTROL; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MODULATION TRANSFER FUNCTION; OPTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTIVE SURGERY; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; SPATIAL FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; THEORETICAL MODEL; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EYE; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION; VISION TEST; VISUAL ADAPTATION;

ADAPTATION, OCULAR; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; EYE; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; VISION; VISION TESTS;

EID: 0036519380     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1475-1313.2002.00019.x     Document Type: Article

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