Visual acuity in simple myopic astigmatism: Influence of cylinder axis

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 311-315

  Remón, Laura ^a   Tornel, Marta ^a   Furlan, Walter D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Astigmatism; Multivariate statistics; Power vector; Refractive state; Subjective refraction; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; EYE PROTECTION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; STATISTICAL OPTICS; VECTORS;

ASTIGMATISM; MULTIVARIATE STATISTICS; POWER VECTOR; REFRACTIVE STATE; SUBJECTIVE REFRACTION; VISUAL ACUITY;

VISION;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CALCULATION; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CYLINDER AXIS; EYE REFRACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOPIA; NORMAL HUMAN; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION TEST; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; ASTIGMATISM; HUMANS; MYOPIA; PROGNOSIS; REFRACTION, OCULAR; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33744480777     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.opx.0000216099.29968.36     Document Type: Article

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