Image, eye, and retina (invited review)

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

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1229-1249

  Wade, Nicholas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; IMAGE PROCESSING; LIGHT PROPAGATION; LIGHT REFRACTION; OPTICAL DEVICES;

EYE; LIGHT PASSAGE; RETINA; VISUAL PROCESS;

VISION;

ACCOMMODATION; ANIMAL; BIOMIMETICS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA; REVIEW; VISION; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION;

ACCOMMODATION, OCULAR; ANIMALS; BIOMIMETICS; HUMANS; OCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA; VISION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 34249712480     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.24.001229     Document Type: Review

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