A comparison of autorefractor performance

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 81, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 554-558

  Pesudovs, Konrad ^a,c   Weisinger, Harrison Scott ^b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Autorefraction; Autorefractor; Refraction; Spherical equivalent; Vector analysis

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; REFRACTION; VECTORS;

AUTOREFRACTION; SUBJECTIVE REFRACTION;

VISION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; AUTOMATION; AUTOREFRACTOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVICE; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ASTIGMATISM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFRACTION, OCULAR; REFRACTIVE ERRORS;

EID: 3142673412     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006324-200407000-00018     Document Type: Article

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