Applied Optics and Vision Science
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Optics and Lasers".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2023) | Viewed by 9925
Special Issue Editors
Interests: vision science; physics; ECE and systems design engineering; optics and photonics; including mathematical methods; waveguides and fiber optics; image processing; biomedical optics; deep learning/machine learning in ophthalmic diagnosis
Interests: nano-optics; biophotonics; imaging; microscopy; ophthalmology; adaptive optics
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Applied Optics and Vision Science is vital for diagnostics and for vision. Vision Science is found in range of imaging applications from microscopy to ophthalmology and in the sensing and control of materials. For this Special Issue, we are soliciting contributions on applied optics that highlight the wide spectrum of optics used for imaging and sensing, as well as for the psychophysics of vision. Understanding the optics of the eye is central to developing better ophthalmic solutions to combat vision loss and to develop novel 3D imaging systems from virtual reality headsets to holographic displays. Likewise, sensing aberrations and quantifying refractive errors are both vital for ophthalmics, for vision and for diagnostics. This is particularly the case for myopia, which is increasing globally with increased risk for irreverible vision loss. Separately, optics is vital for novel solar cells and green energy, for optical communications and for the sensing of environmental factors.
Prof. Dr. Vasudevan (Vengu) Lakshminarayanan
Dr. Brian Vohnsen
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- accommodation
- myopia
- vision
- photoreceptors
- aberrations
- ocular imaging
- refractive error
- ocular sensing
- eye tracking
- virtual reality
- optical coherence tomography
- scanning laser ophthalmoscopy
- adaptive optics
- physiological optics
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