Abstract

The two first stages in the spatial information processing performed by the human visual system are the optics of the eye and the spatial sampling in the photoreceptor mosaic. Recently, we have developed at the Instituto de Optica in Madrid, objective techniques to measure both image quality [1-4] and photoreceptors distribution [5]. In particular, we are able to determine image forming properties of the human eye and to measure cone spacing in the living fovea by using together coherent imaging and digital image processing.

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