A Mueller matrix model of Haidinger's brushes

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 441-447

  Misson, Gary P ^a  

^a WARWICK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Haidinger's brushes; Mueller matrices; Ocular birefringence; Polarised light

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIREFRINGENCE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DEPOLARIZATION; HAIDINGER BRUSHES; HUMAN; MODEL; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; LIGHT; MATHEMATICS; OPTICS; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA MACULA LUTEA;

BIREFRINGENCE; HUMANS; LIGHT; MACULA LUTEA; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OPTICS; VISION, ENTOPTIC;

EID: 0242273149     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1475-1313.2003.00138.x     Document Type: Article

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