Ocular scattering

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 87, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Piñero, David P ^a,b   Ortiz, Dolores ^c   Alio, Jorge L ^a,d  

^a Vissum/Instituto Oftalmológico de Alicante ^*  (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^d MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

modulation transfer function; Ocular scattering; point spread function; retinal straylight; visual quality

Indexed keywords

HUMAN EYE; MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES; MODULATION TRANSFER FUNCTION; OCULAR ABERRATIONS; OCULAR SCATTERING; OPTICAL PHENOMENA; POINT-SPREAD FUNCTION; RETINAL IMAGE; STANDARD PROCEDURES; VISUAL QUALITIES;

ALDEHYDES; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; SCATTERING; STANDARDIZATION;

TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

EVALUATION; EYE; EYE DISEASE; GLARE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; LIGHT RELATED PHENOMENA; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RADIATION SCATTERING; REVIEW; STANDARD; THEORETICAL MODEL; VISION; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; EYE; EYE DISEASES; GLARE; HUMANS; LIGHT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OPTICAL PHENOMENA; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; VISION, OCULAR;

EID: 77957361586     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OPX.0b013e3181e87da6     Document Type: Article

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