Single-pass measurements of the wave-front aberrations of the human eye by use of retinal lipofuscin autofluorescence.

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  • L Diaz Santana Haro
  • J C Dainty
چکیده

We describe a technique for making single-pass measurements of the wave-front aberration of the eye. The technique utilizes the natural fluorescence of the retina that is produced by lipofuscin to form an incoherent pointlike source for conventional Shack-Hartmann sensing.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Optics letters

دوره 24 1  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1999