Liquid-crystal adaptive optics based on feedback interferometry for high-resolution retinal imaging

Applied Optics

Volumn 41, Issue 19, 2002, Pages 4013-4023

  Shirai, Tomohiro ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EYE FUNDUS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERFEROMETRY; METHODOLOGY; OPTICS; RETINA; VISUAL PROSTHESIS;

EYE, ARTIFICIAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEEDBACK; FUNDUS OCULI; HUMANS; INTERFEROMETRY; OPTICS; RETINA;

CAMERAS; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; IMAGING SYSTEMS; INTERFEROMETERS; INTERFEROMETRY; LIGHT MODULATORS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTICAL PROJECTORS; OPTICAL SYSTEMS;

FEEDBACK INTERFEROMETRY; HIGH-RESOLUTION RETINAL IMAGING;

ADAPTIVE OPTICS;

EID: 0036628534     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.41.004013     Document Type: Article

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