Eccentricity dependent changes of density, spacing and packing arrangement of parafoveal cones

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 516-526

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

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE BIETTI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^c Vision Engineering Italy Srl   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adaptive optics; Cone density; Cone packing arrangement; Cone spacing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; CELL COUNT; CYTOLOGY; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA; RETINA CONE; VISUAL FIELD; ARTICLE; HISTOLOGY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CELL COUNT; HUMANS; RETINA; RETINAL CONE PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 84879543152     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: 14751313     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/opo.12053     Document Type: Article

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