Simultaneous measurement of foveal spectral reflectance and cone-photoreceptor directionality

Applied Optics

Volumn 41, Issue 22, 2002, Pages 4686-4696

  Zagers, Niels P A ^a   Van de Kraats, Jan ^a   Berendschot, Tos T J M ^a   Van Norren, Dirk ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PUPIL; RADIATION SCATTERING; RETINA CONE; RETINA FOVEA;

ADULT; AGED; CONES (RETINA); FEMALE; FOVEA CENTRALIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PUPIL; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT REFLECTION; SPECTROGRAPHS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; VIDEO RECORDING;

CONE-PHOTORECEPTORS;

IMAGE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036667314     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.41.004686     Document Type: Article

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