Aberrations and myopia

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 285-301

  Charman, W N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blur; Myopia; Peripheral refraction; Retinal image quality; Wavefront aberration

Indexed keywords

ACCOMMODATION; EYE REFRACTION; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; IMAGE QUALITY; MYOPIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; RETINA IMAGE; REVIEW; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; ASSOCIATION; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; PUPIL; RETINA; RETINA FOVEA;

ACCOMMODATION, OCULAR; CUES; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FORM PERCEPTION; FOVEA CENTRALIS; HUMANS; HYPEROPIA; MYOPIA; PUPIL; REFRACTION, OCULAR; RETINA;

EID: 24944549183     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-1313.2005.00297.x     Document Type: Review

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