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Anatomy of the Eye

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This chapter gives a basic introduction to the anatomy of the eye. This background is critical to understanding the physiology of the eye and in particular aspects of visual perception which are discussed elsewhere in this handbook.

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Abbreviations

GRIN:

Gradient index

ILM:

Inner limiting membrane

INL:

Inner nuclear layer

IPL:

Inner plexiform layer

OCT:

Optical coherence tomography

OLM:

Outer limiting membrane

ONL:

Outer nuclear layer

PEs:

Pigment epitheliums

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Biology Department, University of Missouri-St. Louis, Research Building 226 I University Blvd, 63121-4400, St. Louis, MO, USA

    Christine Garhart

  2. Department of Physics, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and School of Optometry and Vision Science, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, N2L 3 G1, Waterloo, ON, Canada

    Vasudevan Lakshminarayanan

  3. Department of Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

    Vasudevan Lakshminarayanan

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  1. Display Technology Center, Panel Integration Division I, Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), Chutung, Hsinchu, Taiwan

    Janglin Chen

  2. Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, United Kingdom

    Wayne Cranton

  3. Veritas et Visus, Temple, Texas, USA

    Mark Fihn

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Garhart, C., Lakshminarayanan, V. (2016). Anatomy of the Eye. In: Chen, J., Cranton, W., Fihn, M. (eds) Handbook of Visual Display Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-14346-0_4

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