Ray tracing through a schematic eye containing second-order (quadric) surfaces using 4 x 4 matrix notation

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 180-188

  Langenbucher, Achim ^a   Viestenz, Arne ^a   Viestenz, Anja ^a   Brünner, Holger ^a   Seitz, Berthold ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conic constant; Matrix notation; Numerical ray tracing; Quadric surface; Schematic eyes; Second order surfaces

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; OPTIC TRACT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION INDEX; SURFACE PROPERTY;

CORNEA; EYE; HUMANS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; OPTICS; REFRACTION, OCULAR; RETINA;

EID: 33645120896     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: 14751313     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-1313.2006.00346.x     Document Type: Article

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