Tomographic method for measurement of the gradient refractive index of the crystalline lens. II. The rotationally symmetrical lens

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2551-2565

  Vazquez, Daniel ^a   Acosta, Eva ^a   Smith, George ^b   Garner, Leon ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; GRADIENT INDEX OPTICS; LENSES;

CRYSTALLINE LENS; OPTICAL AXIS; ROTATIONALLY SYMMETRICAL LENS;

REFRACTIVE INDEX;

ANIMAL; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EYE REFRACTION; FISH; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; KERATOMETRY; LENS; METHODOLOGY; OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; REFRACTOMETRY; RETINOSCOPY; ROTATION; SWINE;

ANIMALS; ANISOTROPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; FISHES; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REFRACTION, OCULAR; REFRACTOMETRY; RETINOSCOPY; ROTATION; SWINE; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL;

EID: 33751244797     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.23.002551     Document Type: Article

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