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Author Smith, George, 1941 October 19-

Title The eye and visual optical instruments / George Smith, David A. Atchison
Published Cambridge, U.K. ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1997

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Description xii, 816 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Contents Symbols, signs and other conventions -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Image formation and ray tracing -- 3. Paraxial theory of refracting systems -- 4. Paraxial theory of reflecting optics -- 5. Non-Gaussian optics: Introduction to aberrations -- 6. Simple lens types, lens systems and image formation -- 7. Mirror types and image formation -- 8. Prisms -- 9. Aperture stops and pupils, field lenses and stops -- 10. Defocus, depth-of-field and focussing techniques -- 11. Basic optical metrology -- 12. Photometry of optical systems -- 13. The eye -- 14. Ophthalmic lenses -- 15. Simple magnifiers and eyepieces -- 16. Microscopes -- 17. Telescopes -- 18. Macroscopes -- 19. Relay systems -- 20. Angle and distance measuring instruments -- 21. Cameras and camera lenses -- 22. Projectors -- 23. Collimators -- 24. Photometers and colorimeters -- 25. Interferometry and interferometers -- 26. Diffraction and diffractive devices -- 27. Focimeters -- 28. Radiuscopes and keratometers
29. Ophthalmoscopes -- 30. The Badal optometer -- 31. Optometers -- 32. Binocular vision testing instruments -- 33. Aberration theory -- 34. Image quality criteria -- 35. Aberrations of the eye and retinal image quality -- 36. Visual ergonomics of monocular systems -- 37. Visual ergonomics of binocular and biocular systems -- App. A1. Advanced paraxial optics -- App. A2. Alternative ray trace procedures -- App. A3. Schematic eyes -- App. A5. Resolution and visual acuity charts
Analysis geometrical systems physical optics ophthalmic instruments aberrations image quality visual ergonomics
Notes Includes index and glossary of terms. Contents: Symbols, signs and other conventions -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Image formation and ray tracing -- 3. Paraxial theory of refracting systems -- 4. Paraxial theory of reflecting optics -- 5. Non-Gaussian optics: Introduction to aberrations -- 6. Simple lens types, lens systems and image formation -- 7. Mirror types and image formation -- 8. Prisms -- 9. Aperture stops and pupils, field lenses and stops -- 10. Defocus, depth-of-field and focussing techniques -- 11. Basic optical metrology -- 12. Photometry of optical systems -- 13. The eye -- 14. Ophthalmic lenses -- 15. Simple magnifiers and eyepieces -- 16. Microscopes -- 17. Telescopes -- 18. Macroscopes -- 19. Relay systems -- 20. Angle and distance measuring instruments -- 21. Cameras and camera lenses -- 22. Projectors -- 23. Collimators -- 24. Photometers and colorimeters -- 25. Interferometry and interferometers -- 26. Diffraction and diffractive devices -- 27. Focimeters -- 28. Radiuscopes and keratometers.29. Ophthalmoscopes -- 30. The Badal optometer -- 31. Optometers -- 32. Binocular vision testing instruments -- 33. Aberration theory -- 34. Image quality criteria -- 35. Aberrations of the eye and retinal image quality -- 36. Visual ergonomics of monocular systems -- 37. Visual ergonomics of binocular and biocular systems -- App. A1. Advanced paraxial optics -- App. A2. Alternative ray trace procedures -- App. A3. Schematic eyes -- App. A5. Resolution and visual acuity charts
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Legacy 2018 UoY
Subject Optical instruments.
Optics -- Instrumentation
Optics.
Physiological optics.
Vision -- Physiology.
Optometry -- instrumentation.
Optics and Photonics.
Vision, Ocular -- physiology.
Author Atchison, David A.
LC no. 96023142
ISBN 0521472520 (hbk.)
0521478200 (paperback)