Visual acuity: Information theory, retinal image structure and resolution thresholds

Progress in Retinal and Eye Research

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 178-186

  Westheimer, Gerald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical vision test; Coherent illumination; Dioptrics of eye; Retinal receptors

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; EYE; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; INFORMATION SCIENCE; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA IMAGE; REVIEW; THEORY; UNCERTAINTY; VISUAL ACUITY;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; INFORMATION THEORY; LIGHT; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; RETINA; VISION, OCULAR; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 67349167625     PISSN: 13509462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.preteyeres.2009.04.001     Document Type: Review

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