Grading of iris color with an extended photographic reference set

Journal of Optometry

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 36-40

  Franssen, Luuk ^a   Coppens, Joris E ^a   Van Den Berg, Thomas J T P ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Eye pigmentation; Grading; Iris color; Straylight; Translucency

Indexed keywords

EID: 68149146529     PISSN: 18884296     EISSN: 19891342     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3921/joptom.2008.36     Document Type: Article

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