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Adaptive Optics Maps out Retina

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Dr. Ricki A. Lewis

Researchers at the University of Rochester have turned Star Wars-era technology designed to clarify images from spy satellites into a method that can image the human retina, with surprising results. "With this method, we can now go from imaging an invisible, cell-sized structure to seeing all the photoreceptors in a patch of retina," said David Williams, director of the university's Center for Visual Science. The researchers' work is published in the Feb. 11 issue of Nature. In the human eye, the 7 million cone cells that provide color vision come in three types, distinguished by their...Read full article

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