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LOWER ORDER ABERRATION [1 record]

Record 1 2014-02-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • The Eye
CONT

Low-order aberrations (LOA) are the dominant source of ocular aberrations (90%) which include: farsightedness, nearsightedness and astigmatism (orthogonal and tilt astigmatism).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Oeil
CONT

Les aberrations optiques responsables de la déformation du front d’onde peuvent être séparées en aberrations de bas degré [...] et de haut degré. Les aberrations optiques de bas degré [...] sont les seules à être corrigibles de façon conventionnelle par des lunettes ou des lentilles afin de restituer une bonne acuité visuelle non corrigée [...]

OBS

La myopie, l'hypermétropie et l'astigmatisme sont des aberrations de bas degré.

Spanish

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