Robust estimation of tear film surface quality in lateral shearing interferometry

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Szczesna, Dorota H ^a,b   Iskander, D Robert ^b  

^a WROCLAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dry eye; Image processing; Spectral analysis; Tear film stability

Indexed keywords

DRY EYE; ESTIMATION TECHNIQUES; FIRST HARMONIC; INTERFERENCE FRINGE; INTERFEROGRAMS; LATERAL SHEARING INTERFEROMETRY; MEASUREMENT NOISE; MORPHOLOGICAL IMAGE PROCESSING; ROBUST ESTIMATION; SENSITIVE TECHNIQUES; SPECTRAL ESTIMATION TECHNIQUES; TEAR FILMS;

CONTACT LENSES; ESTIMATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING SYSTEMS; INTERFEROMETRY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EYE MOVEMENTS;

ARTICLE; CONTACT LENS; DRY EYE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTERFEROMETRY; LACRIMAL FLUID; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

CONTACT LENSES; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; INTERFEROMETRY; TEARS;

EID: 77950352497     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3275474     Document Type: Article

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