Specifying and controlling the optical image on the human retina.
A review covering the trends that led to the current state of knowledge in the areas of: (a) schematic models of the eye, and the definition of the retinal image in terms of first-order optics; (b) the description of the actual image on the retina and methods for accessing and characterizing it; (c) available procedures for controlling the quality of the retinal image in defined situations; and (d) intra-receptoral optical effects that cause differences between the light distribution on the retinal surface and at the level of interaction with photopigment molecules.
Westheimer
Gerald
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Division of Neurobiology, University of California, 144 Life Sciences Addition, Berkeley, CA 94720-3200, USA. gwestheimer@berkeley.edu
D006801:Humans; D008027:Light; D008954:Models, Biological; D009799:Ocular Physiological Phenomena; D012029:Refraction, Ocular / Q000502:physiology; D012030:Refractive Errors / Q000503:physiopathology; D012160:Retina / Q000502:physiology*; D012542:Scattering, Radiation; D014785:Vision, Ocular / Q000502:physiology*