Dimensional limits for arthropod eyes with superposition optics

Vision Research

Volumn 44, Issue 19, 2004, Pages 2213-2223

  Meyer Rochow, Victor Benno ^a   Gál, József ^b  

^a JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Arthropods; Beetles; Eye dimensional limits; Eyes; Insects; Optics; Photoreception; Superposition; Vision

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; BEETLE; CORNEA; EYE REFRACTION; GEOMETRY; LENS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CONE; VISION;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; EYE; INSECTS; VISION;

EID: 2942633100     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2004.04.009     Document Type: Article

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