Variations in image optical quality of the eye and the sampling limit of resolution of the cone mosaic with axial length in young adults

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1147-1155

  Lombardo, Marco ^a   Serrao, Sebastiano ^a   Ducoli, Pietro ^a   Lombardo, Giuseppe ^b,c  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE BIETTI   (Italy)

^b Vision Engineering Italy Srl   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAMERA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEAL WAVEFRONT ABERRATION; EYE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE OPTICAL QUALITY; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; SAMPLING;

ADAPTATION, OCULAR; ADULT; AXIAL LENGTH, EYE; CELL COUNT; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CORNEAL WAVEFRONT ABERRATION; EMMETROPIA; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; MYOPIA; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PHOTOGRAPHY; RETINAL CONE PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862861547     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: 18734502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2012.02.033     Document Type: Article

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