Retinal Image Quality Flashcards
Extent to which the copy matches the original
Fidelity
What is fidelity always less than
1, the original object is gold standard
Filters and fidelity
Can make the image look better despite infidelity
Smaller pupil and image quality
Large DF
Quality cant be gerenalized, depends on what you want. There will be a clear background and image
Large pupil and image quality
Small DOF
Blurry background and clear up close object
The illuminance or luminance in the image of a point source of light
PSF
What does PSF depend upon
Diffraction, defocus, aberrations, and scattered light
In the absence of defocus, aberrations, and scatter, the PSF is called
Diffraction limited PSF
What do defocus, aberrations, and scattered light do to PSF
Shorten and broaden it
Aberrated PSF
For pupil diameter greater than 2mm, or in polychromatic light, aberrations tend to ‘spread out more’ relative to the diffraction limited PSF
What does the FORM of the PSF depend on
Shape and diameter of the aperture stop
Pupil size and best retinal image quality
3mm
PSF metrics to quantify image quality
The rayleighs criterion
The half width
The strehl ratio
This states the two point resolution limit occurs when the first minimum (the boundary of Airy’s disk) of one diffraction pattern coincides with the center maximum of the other diffraction limited pattern
Rayleighs criterion
The diffraction pattern formed on a distant screen resulting from a uniformly illuminated circular aperture has a bright region in the center known as
Airys disk
The central disk plus the surrounding series of concentric bright rings is called the
Airy pattern
The width of PSF at half the peak height is called
The half width, or full width and half maximum
What is the half width of the diffraction limited PSF
3.23
The half width of the PSF and aberrations
The half width of the PSF increases with the introduction and increase of aberrations
Half width and astigmatism/coma
When astigmatism and coma are Preston, the half width should be considered in two mutually perpendicular directions, where the width is minimum and maximum. These can be reduced to a single number by taking the arithmetic or geometric mean of the two widths
This is a measure of the effect of aberrations on reducing the maximum or peak value of the PSF
Strehl ratio
What is the equation for strehl ratio
PSF of image/PSF of diffraction limited
What is the strehl ratio always equal to and why
Since the effect of aberrations is too spread out, the PSF decrease the maximum peak height, the strehl intensity ratio is ways less than or equal to one