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Polarized light and the human fundus oculi
Author(s) -
Weale R. A.
Publication year - 1966
Publication title -
the journal of physiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.802
H-Index - 240
eISSN - 1469-7793
pISSN - 0022-3751
DOI - 10.1113/jphysiol.1966.sp008027
Subject(s) - specular reflection , fundus (uterus) , sclera , choroid , retina , human eye , optics , anatomy , ophthalmology , medicine , physics
1. Measurements were made of the relative fractions of diffuse and specular reflexions in the fovea and periphery of the human fundus oculi. 2. All the light emerging from the eye is scattered or reflected behind the receptors as bleaching the retina affects both fractions equally. 3. Bruch's membrane is the most likely surface at which specular reflexion occurs whereas the choroid and sclera are probably involved in scattering. 4. Both diffuse and specular components show marked directional effects that vary with wave‐length.