Retinal light distributions, the Stiles-Crawford effect and apodization

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1417-1421

  Westheimer, Gerald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; PHOTOMETRY; VISION;

COHERENT AND INCOHERENT RADIATIONS; DIFFRACTION CALCULATIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC DISTURBANCES; EXTENDED SOURCES; INCOHERENT BEAMS; LIGHT DISTRIBUTION; POYNTING VECTORS; STILES-CRAWFORD EFFECT;

OPHTHALMOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; LIGHT; LIGHT RELATED PHENOMENA; PHOTON; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA;

LIGHT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OPTICAL PROCESSES; PHOTONS; RETINA;

EID: 84879959667     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.30.001417     Document Type: Article

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