title: Yves Le Grand and the assessment of retinal acuity using interference fringes.
abstract: Just over sixty years ago, Yves Le Grand's article 'Sur la mesure de l'acuité visuelle au moyen de franges d'interférence' (C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris 200: 490-491; 1935) was published. A translation of this important article into English is given and a commentary discusses the application of the interference fringe method to the study of the ocular modulation transfer function, the spatial arrangement of retinal receptors and the potential acuity of cataract patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Optometry and Vision Sciences, UMIST, Manchester, UK.
authors.forename: W N
authors.initials: WN
authors.lastname: Charman
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Simonet
mesh_terms: D005602:France; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D009907:Optometry / Q000266:history* / Q000379:methods; D012160:Retina / Q000502:physiology; D014792:Visual Acuity