Ophthalmology and art: Simulation of Monet's cataracts and Degas' retinal disease

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 124, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1764-1769

  Marmor, Michael F ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ART; ARTICLE; CATARACT; COLOR DISCRIMINATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PAINTING; PERCEPTION; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DISEASE; VISUAL ACUITY;

CATARACT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FAMOUS PERSONS; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MEDICINE IN ART; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PAINTINGS; RETINAL DISEASES;

EID: 33845485851     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 00039950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.124.12.1764     Document Type: Article

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