Scatter and its implications for the measurement of optical image quality in human eyes

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 58-68

  Cox, Michael J ^a   Atchison, David A ^b   Scott, Dion H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Aberroscope; Hartmann Shack sensor; Ocular aberrations; Point spread function; Retinal image quality; Scatter

Indexed keywords

ABERRATIONS; LIGHT SCATTERING; WAVEFRONTS;

WAVEFRONT ABERRATIONS;

IMAGE QUALITY;

ABERROMETER; ABERROSCOPE; ARTICLE; EYE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; OPTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; SENSOR;

DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; HUMANS; LIGHT; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; RETINA; SCATTERING, RADIATION; VISION;

EID: 0037237949     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006324-200301000-00009     Document Type: Article

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