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Yves Le Grand and the assessment of retinal acuity using interference fringes
Author(s) -
Charman W. N.,
Simonet P.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
ophthalmic and physiological optics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.147
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1475-1313
pISSN - 0275-5408
DOI - 10.1046/j.1475-1313.1997.96000567.x
Subject(s) - optometry , visual acuity , optical transfer function , retinal , ophthalmology , interference (communication) , optics , psychology , physics , medicine , computer science , telecommunications , channel (broadcasting)
Summary Just over sixty years ago, Yves Le Grand's article ‘Sur la mesure de I'acuité visuelle au moyen de franges d'interference’ (C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris 200: 490–491; 1935) was published. A translation of this important article into English is given and a commentary discusses the application of the interference fringe method to the study of the ocular modulation transfer function, the spatial arrangement of retinal receptors and the potential acuity of cataract patients.