A new measure for optical performance

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 175-184

  Hamam, Habib ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONCTON   (Canada)

Author keywords

Contrast sensitivity; Image quality; Optical aberration; Optical quality

Indexed keywords

ABERRATIONS; DIFFRACTION; LIGHT MODULATION; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; WAVEFRONTS;

WAVEFRONT ABERRATIONS;

OPTICAL SYSTEMS;

ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DIFFRACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; VISION;

CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; HUMANS; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; RETINA;

EID: 0037323305     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006324-200302000-00014     Document Type: Article

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