The human eye is an example of robust optical design

Journal of Vision

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-7

  Artal, Pablo ^a   Benito, Antonio ^a   Tabernero, Juan ^a  

^a LABORATORIO DE ÓPTICA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Auto calibration mechanism; Human eye; Optical aberrations; Refractio

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; COMA; EYE DEVELOPMENT; EYE REFRACTION; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; IMAGE QUALITY; LENS; MYOPIA; PUPIL REFLEX; REFRACTION ERROR; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RETINA FOVEA; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; HUMANS; HYPEROPIA; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MYOPIA; OPTICS; REFRACTION, OCULAR; RETINA;

EID: 32144464395     PISSN: 15347362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/6.1.1     Document Type: Article

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