Do Peripheral Refraction and Aberration Profiles Vary with the Type of Myopia? - An Illustration Using a Ray-Tracing Approach

Purpose: Myopia is considered to be the most common refractive error occurring in children and young adults, around the world. Motivated to elucidate how the process of emmetropization is disrupted, potentially causing myopia and its progression, researchers have shown great interest in peripheral r...

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Main Authors: Ravi C. Bakaraju, Klaus Ehrmann, Eric B. Papas, Arthur Ho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2009-01-01
Series:Journal of Optometry
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1888429609700214