Visual acuity with simulated and real astigmatic defocus

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 562-569

  Ohlendorf, Arne ^a   Tabernero, Juan ^b   Schaeffel, Frank ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b LABORATORIO DE ÓPTICA   (Spain)

^c Institute for Ophthalmic Research   (Germany)

Author keywords

astigmatic defocus; astigmatism; simulated defocus; spherical defocus; visual acuity

Indexed keywords

ASTIGMATISM; DEFOCUS; EYE MODEL; MEAN AGES; MINIMUM ANGLE OF RESOLUTION; MODELING PROCEDURE; OCULAR ABERRATIONS; SIMULATED DEFOCUS; THREE AXES; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL SYSTEMS; VISUAL-PROCESSING;

ALGEBRA; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); EXPERIMENTS; SPHERES; VISION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EYE FIXATION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; VISION TEST; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; ASTIGMATISM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; VISION TESTS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 79955551785     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OPX.0b013e31821281bc     Document Type: Article

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