Characterizing image quality in a scanning laser ophthalmoscope with differing pinholes and induced scattered light

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

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1284-1295

  Hunter, Jennifer J ^a,b   Cookson, Christopher J ^a   Kisilak, Marsha L ^a   Bueno, Juan M ^c   Campbell, Melanie C W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^c LABORATORIO DE ÓPTICA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTROPY; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RESOLUTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; VISION;

CONFOCAL PINHOLE DIAMETER; SCANNING LASER OPTHALMOSCOPE;

IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMOSCOPE; RADIATION SCATTERING; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIGHT; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMOSCOPES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34249717364     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.24.001284     Document Type: Article

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