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Anatomy of the Eye

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Handbook of Visual Display Technology

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This chapter gives a basic introduction to the anatomy of the eye. This background is critical to understanding the physiology of the eye, and in particular aspects of visual perception which are discussed elsewhere in this handbook.

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Abbreviations

GRIN:

Gradient Index

ILM:

Inner Limiting Membrane

INL:

Inner Nuclear Layer

IPL:

Inner Plexiform Layer

OCT:

Optical Coherence Tomography

OLM:

Outer Limiting Membrane

ONL:

Outer Nuclear Layer

PEs:

Pigment Epitheliums

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. College of Optometry, University of Missouri, One University Drive, St. Louis, MO, 63121-4499, USA

    Christine Garhart

  2. School of Optometry, Departments of Physics and Electrical Engineering, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 3 G1, Canada

    Vasudevan Lakshminarayanan

  3. Michigan Center for Theoretical Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA

    Vasudevan Lakshminarayanan

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  1. Industrial Technology Research Institute, Hsinchu, Taiwan

    Janglin Chen

  2. Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, UK

    Wayne Cranton

  3. Veritas et Visus, Texas, USA

    Mark Fihn

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Garhart, C., Lakshminarayanan, V. (2012). Anatomy of the Eye. In: Chen, J., Cranton, W., Fihn, M. (eds) Handbook of Visual Display Technology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-79567-4_4

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