Effect of instrumental spherical aberration on visual image quality

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 193-205

  Lyons, Kevin ^a,b   Mouroulis, Pantazis ^a   Cheng, Desmond ^c  

^a ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

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EID: 0343847436     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.13.000193     Document Type: Article

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