Electronic liquid crystal contact lenses for the correction of presbyopia

Optics Express

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 8035-8040

  Milton, Harry E ^a   Morgan, Philip B ^a   Clamp, John H ^b   Gleeson, Helen F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b ULTRAVISION CLPL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LENSES; LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION;

AGE-RELATED; AGEING POPULATION; LENS INDUSTRIES; LOW OPERATING VOLTAGE; OPTICAL POWER; SPREAD FUNCTIONS; SWITCHABLE;

CONTACT LENSES;

AGED; AGING; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; ELECTRONICS; HUMAN; HYDROPHILIC CONTACT LENS; LIQUID CRYSTAL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESBYOPIA; PROCEDURES;

AGED; AGING; CONTACT LENSES, HYDROPHILIC; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; ELECTRONICS; HUMANS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; PRESBYOPIA;

EID: 84898604787     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.22.008035     Document Type: Article

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