Accuracy of Zernike polynomials in characterizing optical aberrations and the corneal surface of the eye

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1915-1926

  Carvalho, Luis Alberto ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CORNEA; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; KERATOCONUS; KERATOPLASTY; OPTICS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL KERATOTOMY; SURFACE PROPERTY; ZERNIKE POLYNOMIAL; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; MATHEMATICS; PATHOLOGY; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; REFRACTION ERROR; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CORNEA; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; KERATOTOMY, RADIAL; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OPTICS; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 22144437405     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.04-1222     Document Type: Article

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