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Generalized ray tracing method for the calculation of the peripheral refraction induced by an ophthalmic lens

A 2015 journal article describes a generalized ray-tracing technique for computing peripheral refraction produced by ophthalmic lenses. The excerpt identifies the publisher as SPIE (International Society for Optical Engineering) and lists the content type as a journal article.

Categories: science-and-space, technology

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Confidence
7/10
Geographic reach
1/10
Global importance
2/10
Impact magnitude
2/10
Positivity
5/10
Urgency
1/10

Why it matters

The paper provides a computational method for quantifying how eyeglass lenses alter peripheral refraction, a topic of interest for optics research and lens design.

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