Correcting ocular spherical aberration with soft contact lenses

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

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 473-485

  Dietze, Holger H ^a   Cox, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; CONTACT LENSES; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL SENSORS; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; WAVEFRONTS;

ABERROMETER MEASUREMENT; SOFT CONTACT LENSES; SPHERICAL ABERRATION; SPHERICAL REFRACTIVE ERROR; WAVEFRONT ABERRATION;

ABERRATIONS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; HYDROPHILIC CONTACT LENS; HYPERMETROPIA; MYOPIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SPECTACLES; THEORETICAL MODEL; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; CONTACT LENSES, HYDROPHILIC; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EYEGLASSES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPEROPIA; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MYOPIA; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 2042472178     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.21.000473     Document Type: Article

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